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<title><![CDATA[an almost biblical landscape ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[This was on the Irish Times website today: I sure it is the same place at around 1 minute into this ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This was on the Irish Times website today:</p>
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<p>I sure it is the same place at around 1 minute into <a href="http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1129/9news_av.html?2658333,null,230">this clip in last nights 9 news</a>. They have the bishop of clonfert, some distressed members of his flock and another flock (of sheep) in a flooded field. Jim Fahy says it is an almost biblical landscape. </p>
<p><!--more-->All they are missing is Noahs ark. This is <a href="http://www.arkvannoach.com/images/phocagallery/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_img_1549%2050.jpg">some Dutch guys</a> attempt to rebuilt it:</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fixtion Jesus #2]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I simply do not understand&#8230; how a thinking adult&#8230; one capable of understanding that sock]]></description>
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<p>I simply do not understand&#8230; how a thinking adult&#8230; one capable of understanding that socks go on before your shoes&#8230; can believe in a guiding force that plans and shapes the universe.  And then&#8230; to not only believe that&#8230; but to believe that this guiding force actually has a stake in what happens to us mortals.  So much of a stake, in fact, that this guiding force would think get angry with us for being imperfect&#8230; and feel the need to send down a standin who could save us.  Could this &#8220;god&#8221; have gone about this in a more complicated non-sensical way?  No&#8230; &#8220;he&#8221; couldn&#8217;t. </p>
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<title><![CDATA[The global design]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This article is a great way to get well acquainted with just what exactly the One Worlders are plann]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="article"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">This article is a great way to get well acquainted with just what exactly the One Worlders are planning for humanity, and why we Christians, the Bible,  and our one and only true God absolutely do not fit in their &#8220;ideal&#8221; society!</span></strong></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000;">By            Berit Kjos</span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:small;">November 29, 2009</span></span></div>
<div id="article"><span style="color:#000000;">Article from:</span> <a href="http://www.newswithviews.com/BeritKjos/kjos109.htm">http://www.newswithviews.com/BeritKjos/kjos109.htm</a><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><strong> </strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><strong>Giving            thanks to an unknown &#8220;god&#8221;</strong></span></div>
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<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.benjerry.fr/blog/wp-content/uploads/al-gore.jpg" alt="" width="147" height="98" />&#8220;My            own faith is rooted in the unshakable belief in God&#8230; and an awareness            of a constant and holy spiritual presence in all people, all life, and            all things.&#8221;</span><span style="font-family:Georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> Former vice president, Al Gore</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><img class="alignright" src="http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00655/Barack_Obama__655672c.jpg" alt="" width="167" height="101" />&#8220;I            am a Christian&#8230;. I believe that there are many paths to the same place&#8230;.            I am a great admirer of our founding charter&#8230; and its resolve to prevent            disruptive strains of fundamentalism from taking root in this country&#8230;.            I think Gandhi is a great example of a profoundly spiritual man who&#8230;            never slipped into intolerance or dogma.&#8221;</span><span style="font-family:Georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> Former Senator, Barack Obama</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">“Lift            us to the level of the universal…. Chant the names of the gods.            Start with om: Om Krishna… Om Buddha…&#8221;</span><span style="font-family:Georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> A United Religions worship service (UR was founded by an Anglican bishop)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&#8220;The            Buddha said, ‘You are God yourself.’”</span><span style="font-family:Georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">If            you have read 1984 by George Orwell, you probably remember Big Brother&#8217;s            mind-changing creed: </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&#8220;War            is PEACE. Freedom is SLAVERY. Ignorance is STRENGTH.&#8221;</span><span style="font-family:Georgia;"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">It            illustrates the Soviet double-speak used to confuse, transform, and            then unify a compliant mass of contented slaves. And now, seventy years            after its publication, Orwellian double-speak is spreading this confusion            faster than ever. In this upside-down world, wrong seems right, good            is called evil, and lies are simply the new convenient truths. Since            feelings count more than facts, illusion reigns, oppression spreads,            Jihad is justified, and the Bible is banned!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">The            true God behind our national Thanksgiving celebrations doesn&#8217;t conform            to America&#8217;s changing values. But other spiritual options are filling            the gaps as they sweep across our land. Blinding eyes to His truth,            they cloud history, and mock the faith that built honesty, truth, and            integrity into America&#8217;s foundation. Sad to say, that foundation is            now crumbling fast. As God warned us,</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&#8220;&#8230;when            you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell            in them&#8230; [then] your heart is lifted up and you forget the Lord your            God. &#8230;you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand            have gained me this wealth.’ &#8230;if you by any means forget the            Lord your God, and follow other gods&#8230; you shall surely perish.&#8221;            Deuteronomy 8:10-19<br />
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<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><strong>THE            RISE OF A GLOBAL SPIRITUALITY</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">On            September 17, 1995, I signed in at Mikhail Gorbachev&#8217;s well guarded            State of the World Conference as an official [amateur] reporter. I wanted            a first-hand glimpse of the global plans for the 21st Century &#8212; plans            that helped build the foundation for today&#8217;s rapid change.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.depauw.edu/photos/PhotoDB_Repository/2005/8/gorbachev%207.jpg" alt="" width="97" height="136" />This            was clearly a global event. The former head of the Soviet Union had            gathered &#8220;nearly 500 senior states-people, political leaders, spiritual            leaders, scientists, intellectuals, business executives, artists and            youth from 50 nations to begin a process of deliberation on the central            question of what priorities, values and actions should guide humanity            as it moves into the next phase of development.&#8221;</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> As Gorbachev announced,</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&#8220;From            the outset I would like to suggest that we consider the establishment            of a global Brain Trust [forget representative government] to focus            on the present and future of our civilization &#8230; this idea of a Brain            Trust can only succeed if endorsed and actively pursued by people who            are widely respected as world leaders and global citizens.&#8221;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">The            elite speakers and partners in this venture included the elder president George            Bush, Carnegie Chairman David Hamburg, Ted Turner, Maurice Strong (            the New Age head of the UN&#8217;s 1992 environmental conference in Rio de            Janeiro), and Zbigniew Brzezinski, founder of the Trilateral Commission            with David Rockefeller. Thirteen years later he became a foreign policy            adviser to Barack Obama.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">An            elegant Baha&#8217;i singer in a flowing white gown set the spiritual tone            with a prayer to her universal god: &#8220;O faithful One&#8230; O helping            one&#8230; Source of all being&#8230;&#8221; The music was her own, she said            &#8212; given by the unknowable, compassionate god of Hinduism, Buddhism,            Christianity, and other spiritual avatars throughout time.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Her            prayer-song fit the conference theme. As Mikhail Gorbachev observed            during a dialogue on a new form of democracy,</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&#8220;&#8230;there            was no trace of the futile debate about what is better, capitalism or socialism&#8230; We should seek a synthesis of ideas and values            that have proven their viability&#8230;&#8221;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">That            synthesis abolishes all Biblical absolutes. Again and again, the Communist            leader and his hand-picked &#8220;council of the wise&#8221; or &#8220;global            brain trust&#8221; told the assembly of more than 1000 guests and participants            that a new set of inclusive universal values must replace the Judeo-Christian            world view. Familiar terms must be redefined to fit the new global perspective,            while the old beliefs and political systems must be abandoned.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Like            many other speakers, New Age author Dr. Deepak Chopra repeated the call            for synthesis in his evening plenary speech. He challenged his friendly            listeners with this question:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><img class="alignright" src="http://www.spiritualnow.com/content_images/authors/Deepak-Chopra.jpg" alt="" width="120" height="168" />&#8220;Can            you step out of the river of your own conditioning&#8230;? For only then            is there an opportunity to create&#8230; a new world. We cannot do it the            way we have done it in the past. It is time to change the whole paradigm            through which we view physical reality.&#8221;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Apparently,            these esteemed visionaries had already made that paradigm shift. The            conference left little doubt that the chosen speakers and enthusiastic            audience viewed reality from a decidedly evolutionary/universalist perspective            &#8212; the kind that popular author Dan Brown promoted through his latest            book on the philosophy behind Freemasonry and the mystical Noetic Sciences.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">The            spiritual leaders addressing the Forum taught either pantheism (&#8220;God&#8221;            in all), universalism (all paths lead to the same ultimate reality),            or monism (all is one) as the world&#8217;s new spiritual foundation. Among            them were New Age educator Willis Harman, Esalen co-founder Michael Murphy, Sonia Gandhi, and revered            representatives of Vietnamese, Mongolian, and Cambodian Buddhism. Their            input during panel discussion and roundtable sessions left no doubt            that Biblical Christianity was marked for decay.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Astronomer            Carl Sagan showed us pictures of our tiny blue planet in the midst of            a vast galaxy in an infinite universe &#8212; then scolded those who still            viewed minuscule individuals as significant pieces of the cosmic puzzle.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Had            they forgotten the horrors of collectivism &#8212; and the environmental            devastation &#8212; spawned by the Communist ideology that Gorbachev never            renounced? </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><strong>MURDER,            MYSTICISM AND IMMORALITY</strong> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Sam            Keen, author of &#8220;Fire in the Belly,&#8221; gave the closing plenary            message:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&#8220;&#8230;there            was very strong agreement that religious institutions have to take primary            responsibility for the population explosion&#8230;. Cut the population by            90 percent and there aren&#8217;t enough people left to do a great deal of            ecological damage.&#8221;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">The            applause was deafening! </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Kill            millions of people? How? What happened to love, compassion, and concern            for the poor? These leaders had called for poverty programs, gun control,            and global financial redistribution as if they wanted to save lives.            Were these schemes simply a stepping stone toward global control? Did            no one care about the individual lives behind the faceless masses?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">As            in the former Soviet Union, an ordinary person&#8217;s life becomes worthless            in this pragmatic context for global management! The illusive &#8220;common            good&#8221; becomes little more than an Orwellian phrase that limits            personal rights and freedom &#8212; but promotes unrestrained immorality.            Notice the way Keen rationalizes his values in these quotes from &#8220;Hymns            to an Unknown God&#8221;:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&#8220;Imagination            allows us to sample in fantasy what is inexpedient or demonic to act            out. Dionysus, the [Greek] god of excess and ecstasy [same as the Roman            god Bacchus],            rules supreme in dreamland&#8230;. An amoral imagination provides us with            the experience in dreamtime of living &#8216;beyond good and evil&#8217; that is            necessary for the development of Compassion.&#8221;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">That&#8217;s            what mysticism is all about! Experience &#8212; the spiritual experience            of an unknown god! A deceptive journey into the realm of demons where            lies and licentiousness reign! Perhaps he doesn&#8217;t realize that such            captivating immoral &#8220;ideals&#8221; have eroded freedom and destroyed            lives since the beginning of time. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">It&#8217;s            not surprising that Christianity has aroused such hatred. God&#8217;s Truth            &#8212; in contrast to amoral, feel-good myths &#8212; is full of warnings that            we ignore at our peril. For example,</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&#8220;And            GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that            every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.&#8221;            Genesis 6:5 </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><strong>THE            SPREADING DARKNESS</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/arts/photos/2009/09/15/lost-symbol-cp-7160221.jpg" alt="" width="101" height="152" />The            Lost Symbol, Dan Brown&#8217;s latest book includes a dialogue between Robert            Langdon (the friendly protagonist) and Peter Solomon (his older friend            and mentor, a respected professor, a 33rd degree Mason and the Supreme Worshipful Master). The two men are exploring the Masonic signs,            symbols, and secrets hidden in the Washington monument, an Egyptian obelisk.            Notice how God&#8217;s Word is twisted into a mystical icon of all religions. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">“Robert,            the Bible does not talk openly for the same reason the Ancient Mystery            Schools were kept hidden&#8230;. for the same reason the neophytes had to            be initiated before learning the secret teachings of the ages&#8230;. The            Ancient Mysteries and the Bible are the same thing.&#8217;&#8230;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">“Peter,            the Bible and the Ancient Mysteries are total opposites. The mysteries            are all about the god within you. . . man as god. The Bible is all about            the God above you&#8230;&#8217;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">“Yes!            Exactly! &#8230; The moment mankind separated himself from God, the true            meaning of the Word was lost. The voices of the ancient masters have            now been drowned out, lost in the chaotic din of self-proclaimed practitioners            [probably pointing to Christians] shouting that they alone understand the Word&#8230;&#8217;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">“We’ve lost the Word, and yet its true meaning is still within reach&#8230;. It            exists in all the enduring texts, from the Bible to the Bhagavad-Gita            to the Koran and beyond. All of these texts are revered upon the altars            of Freemasonry because Masons understand what the world seems to have            forgotten&#8230; that each of these texts, in its own way, is quietly whispering            the exact same message.&#8217; </span><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Peter’s            voice welled with emotion. ‘Know ye not that ye are gods?’&#8230; </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&#8220;Peter            lowered his voice to a whisper. &#8216;The Buddha said, ‘You are God            yourself.’ &#8230; Even the first antipope—Hippolytus of Rome—quoted            the same message, first uttered by the gnostic teacher Monoimus: ‘Abandon            the search for God. . . instead, take yourself as the starting place.&#8217;&#8230;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">“&#8217;A            wise man once told me,&#8217; Peter said, his voice faint now, &#8216;the only difference            between you and God is that you have forgotten you are divine.&#8217;”</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">This            deception is the fulfillment of the serpent&#8217;s promise in Genesis 3:            &#8220;You will be like God.&#8221; That has been the driving force within            occult orders through the ages. Now it&#8217;s coming out into the open. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><img class="alignleft" src="http://img.interia.pl/rozrywka/nimg/Shirley_MacLaine_shir2_552191.jpg" alt="" width="140" height="139" />One            of the first public celebrities to proclaim this arrogant lie was New            Age movie star Shirley MacLaine. &#8220;I am God,&#8221; she shouted to            the world back in the 1980s.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">I            met her at the end of Gorbachev&#8217;s conference. She happened to walk by,            and I asked her what she thought of the conference.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&#8220;It            was good. It helped raise consciousness,&#8221; she answered.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&#8220;But            wouldn&#8217;t it have raised more consciousness if one of the meals had just            been rice instead of gourmet meats and elegant desserts?&#8221; I asked.            After all, some speakers had emphasized global equality and concern            for the poor.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">She            frowned. &#8220;People paid a lot of money to come here,&#8221; she answered.            &#8220;They deserved good food.&#8221;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">As            George Orwell pointed out, some people in socialist collectives are            meant to be &#8220;more equal than others!&#8221; In a totalitarian system, all the thanks            must go to the state and/or its elite rulers &#8212; &#8220;equal&#8221; or            not!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><strong>ALL            THE MORE, WE WILL THANK OUR GOD!</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Both            socialism and idolatry have a way of building a sense of entitlement:            &#8220;I deserve it.&#8221; But with God, it&#8217;s different! We don&#8217;t deserve            any of His wonderful gifts! Yet His undeserved grace is available for all who will trust and follow Him!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&#8220;&#8230;Thanks            be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ!&#8221; 2 Corinthians            2:14</span></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Pat Condell: Aggressive Atheism]]></title>
<link>http://proudatheists.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/pat-condell-aggressive-atheism/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Pat Condell once again lays it on the line in this very poignant rant about religion and it&#8217;s ]]></description>
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<p>Pat Condell once again lays it on the line in this very poignant rant about religion and it&#8217;s only savior from criticism&#8230;blasphemy laws.  Like it or not, Pat Condell speaks for many of us who are tired of religious oppression and the idea that false doctrine should be respected.<br />
He has many other videos in his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/patcondell">youtube channel</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Welcome to JesusLand #2]]></title>
<link>http://jesuspops.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/welcome-to-jesusland-2/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The evangelists are shouting&#8230; you&#8217;re flawed&#8230; you&#8217;re imperfect&#8230; you]]></description>
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<p>The evangelists are shouting&#8230; you&#8217;re flawed&#8230; you&#8217;re imperfect&#8230; you&#8217;re weak&#8230; you&#8217;re damaged&#8230; a sinner&#8230; you&#8217;re bad&#8230; fouled up&#8230; messed up&#8230; mucked up and marred&#8230; faulty&#8230; incomplete&#8230; inferior&#8230; insufficient and lacking&#8230;  broken&#8230; blemished&#8230; bruised and most of all&#8230; you&#8217;re unworthy.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re not good enough&#8230; you will never measure up&#8230; you are a real loser.</p>
<p>Welcome to JesusLand</p>
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<link>http://drjimsthinkingshop.com/2009/11/28/the-lolcat-temptation-of-christ/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<p style="text-align:center;">Couldn&#8217;t resist&#8230;</p>
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<link>http://doctore0.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/pat-condell-aggressive-atheism/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
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The pope on the balcony of his golden palace&#8230; the clergy., all the religions and their imaginary &#8220;friends&#8221;, they are all fucking us over&#8230; starting with our children.<br />
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<link>http://pbaptist.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/pakistani-christian-on-run-from-taliban-death-threat/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Exra Oil Update 35: News of Good/Evil Seeds]]></title>
<link>http://bonnieq.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/exra-oil-update-35-news-of-goodevil-seeds/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Prophecy&#8217;s Extra Oil Update 35: News of Good/Evil Seeds </strong><em><br />
©copyright 2009 Bonita M Quesinberry</em></p>
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<p><em><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">News 11/25-11/27</span></strong></em><em>: 3.5 days in &#8220;terrors of these end days;&#8221; a few snippets—</em></p>
<p><em><strong>VT</strong></em><em>, 1st state for gay marriage~ 1 public school now teaching children &#8220;anything goes&#8221; in sexuality [?sex with animals, too?]; <strong>AL</strong>, 1 miner dead, others hospitalized in mine inspection; <strong>FLA</strong>, man sought for shooting 5; <strong>H1N1</strong>, linked to rise in bacterial pneumonia cases, allergic reactions to vaccine rising but lull in new cases; <strong>FED</strong>, Obama to announce up to 34-k soldiers&#8217; will deploy to Afghanistan; <strong>Philippines</strong>, massacre toll climbing, 100 arrested; <strong>Economy</strong>, 1 of every 4 home mortgages exceed value, &#8220;under water&#8221;; Number of &#8220;at risk banks&#8221; hits 552; Real jobless rate 17.5%; <strong>Nature</strong>, Obama, China to attend climate change summit; <strong>Quakes</strong>, 227 last 7 days, from M2.5 up to 5.9, most in M5 range, more widespread; <strong>Volcanoes</strong>, no wonder air so polluted, partial list last 7 days shows 16 eruptions globally with ash plumes as high 46.9-k feet, list does not include all activity, only most active on land, not in oceans; <strong>China</strong>, executes 2 in tainted milk scandal; </em></p>
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<p><em><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Mother and Daughters</span></strong></em><em>: this last sign began during the Apostles&#8217; ministry but is now building up to repeat church violence of the Dark Ages; Christ warned, &#8220;Beware of pastors, preachers, theologians taught by men, teaching man&#8217;s laws for God&#8221; — </em></p>
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<strong>FLA</strong>, sister Tammy: 11/24, Tampa 89.3-FM Christian radio broadcast, Rev. John Corbett said, &#8220;Paul wrote the book of Hebrews to stop Jews from being Hebrews. All of the Law, including God&#8217;s Ten, were sacrificial and done away with by Jesus: legalism no longer applies, so stay away from those legalists! All it takes is love.&#8221; At his .org website he declares a master in theology and indicates faith is Papal Rome, Revelation&#8217;s Great Whore and mother of harlot daughters: URL on Links page for Catholic catechism. </em></p>
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<p>The following news is from <a href="http://jesuswillanswer.com/">http://jesuswillanswer.com</a> who highlighted Extra Oil 34 on their homepage with a link to our total article; take particular note of words underscored in <strong>bold</strong> print or in all CAPS for posts that will not accept the MSWord document as prepared— &#8220;<span style="text-decoration:underline;">11/23/09</span>: A formidable <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">COALITION</span></strong> of 150 Catholic, Orthodox and evangelical <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">LEADERS</span></strong> are <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">CALLING</span></strong> on <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">CHRISTIANS IN A NEW MANIFESTO TO</span></strong> reject secular authority and even <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">ENGAGE IN CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE— IF LAWS FORCE THEM TO ACCEPT</span></strong> abortion, same sex marriages and <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">OTHER IDEAS THAT BETRAY THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS</span></strong>.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Those 150 clearly represent the Great Whore and her harlot daughters. It seems they not only shun Christ&#8217;s instruction to obey God&#8217;s Laws but also laws of the land. <em>The finale of this <span style="text-decoration:underline;">longing running sign</span> will see Christ in the clouds: it is excitingly obvious the above call includes violence against those they call &#8220;legalists, cults:&#8221; we of God&#8217;s Doctrine, and that of His Christ, definitely betray their religious beliefs based on Satan&#8217;s teachings. </em></p>
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<p><em>Recall history&#8217;s Dark Ages: Papal Rome ordered the deaths of millions of &#8220;heretics&#8221; via Rome&#8217;s civil power, killed all those who would not embrace her &#8220;church and religious beliefs.&#8221; The dead were Doctrine Keepers. Recall: US infancy history, Doctrine Keepers were beaten, jailed, even hung. We are being ushered into a new Dark Age where Papal Rome and her Protestant harlot daughters are ratcheting up to make one last, feeble attempt to annihilate God&#8217;s people: He said it would happen and that &#8220;they think to do it for God.&#8221; The above &#8220;manifesto&#8221; is a global call and the goats ultimately will respond with rage and violence against God&#8217;s Saints and Elect. </em></p>
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<p><em>&#8220;Civil disobedience,&#8221; however, is a misnomer: for they have 52 US States&#8217; Sunday Blue Laws with the severest of police power included to back up their actions, the backing of our Federal Government&#8217;s declaration of &#8220;no provision for Saturday,&#8221;, and a little known Federal law giving it unlimited power to back any State law without a matching Federal Law. So, do not look for the Federal Government to intervene on our behalf. Christ&#8217;s sheep and God&#8217;s Elect will be the ones ultimately beaten or jailed, and a &#8220;few&#8221; killed. </em></p>
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<p><em>Today they are in an angry, argumentative stage while vehemently rushing headlong to violence and first will go after Doctrine Keepers with the strongest voices and visibility: in their minds, what better way to eliminate the rest than by getting rid of those who boldly and without fear speak God&#8217;s Truth. TSaS has felt their heat many, many times in the last 30 years— emails, comments at websites, face-to-face— has felt the mother and daughters&#8217; magnified hatred for God&#8217;s Truth. It is a hideous sound and sight. </em></p>
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<p><em>Blasphemy using God&#8217;s Holy Name. They curse Him; unaware their armour is flawed, a vital piece missing: Truth. Our armour has no Achilles heel: we have God&#8217;s power and bear the sword of His Truth— the only sword we are to brandish in upcoming attacks against us. Harm no man; rather, take the insults and arrows, as did Jesus, a blessing to us and a curse to them: God WILL raise us up if they kill the flesh garment we wear! </em></p>
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<p><em><strong>FLA</strong></em><em>,<strong> </strong>11/25— Sister Tammy also reported radio&#8217;s Rev. David Jeremiah of Turning Point, also on TBN, teaching that cults &#8220;came out of&#8221; myriad Christian denominations, therefore are part of them. This belies Paul&#8217;s statement that &#8220;men came among us to spy on our teachings, then left to go their own way. If they had been of us, they would have stayed with us.&#8221; The truth is that those myriad denominations &#8220;came out of&#8221; Christ&#8217;s True Church and are recognized as antichrists, apostate churches as it were. Doctrine Keepers were first and have always been since Christ; never a part of the Great Whore and her harlot daughters. Rev. Jeremiah also said &#8220;belief and works are not to be together, that your works should be community works that people can see. Love your neighbor. &#8221; </em></p>
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<p><em>As Paul said, &#8220;I will show you my faith by my works . . . works of the Law of Righteousness.&#8221; Amen! And, when the men expounded on all their good &#8220;community&#8221; works to Jesus, including calling out demons in His name, He turned to them and said, &#8220;I know you not.&#8221; According to Christ, the &#8220;works&#8221; are to do God&#8217;s Will, His Doctrine, His Holy Law: by such obedience we instinctively will do other good works among people. </em></p>
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<p><em>Noted in Extra Oil 34, hostility is a rapidly increasing theme taught more heatedly each day by the mother and daughters&#8217; ministers on TV, radio and pulpits: the above reports show how far they will go to incite rage against Christ&#8217;s small flocks. God says they curse Him by vile opposition of His Will—His Doctrine—His &#8220;perpetual&#8221; Holy Law and by attacks in His name. They defile His Christ, our saviour Lord: God sent to Him &#8220;magnify the Law and make it honorable&#8221; among men again. We suffer nothing strange, nothing our brethren before us did not suffer: they gladly died for God&#8217;s Truth and Christ&#8217;s sacrifice. — &#8220;Ye shall suffer for me as I suffered for you; but I will come quickly.&#8221; </em></p>
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<p><em><strong>TBN</strong></em><em>, 11/25— The first thing evangelist Jack Van Impe presents is that he has a doctorate in theology, as does wife Rexella. This broadcast was as if he were doing flip-flops trying to fit square pegs into round holes of the end of days&#8217; prophecies. Referencing daughter&#8217;s teaching that Israel must rebuild its Temple, he attempted to justify it with Revelation&#8217;s fact that New Jerusalem will come down from heaven, wherein there will be no Temple. </em></p>
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<p><em>Van Impe says Israel must rebuild now— they have it in parts for assembly that could be done in a matter of weeks—it was allegedly prophesied that Abomination of Desolation will sit upon the throne therein before Christ returns, the Temple ostensibly defiled again. Van Impe explained that the Saints are taken up in the rapture for a purported 7 years in third heaven, earth will be left in utter chaos and a few might die but certainly not all. </em></p>
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<p><em>According to Van Impe, when the Saints return with Jesus, He will destroy that new temple then New Jerusalem comes down from heaven. Jesus and the Saints then teach the people &#8220;Left Behind.&#8221; Van Impe did a fine job of rendering God&#8217;s ancient prophets liars and implied Jesus also a liar. Van Impe did his father proud, a liar from the beginning. </em></p>
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<p><em>Please do as sister Tammy did and report via email to TSaS all relevant activities of the mother and daughters in your area. We must keep a close eye on them; for Jesus said, &#8220;When they attack, then flee from city to city as needed: you will not go far before I come.&#8221; We are to speak only His Truth and flee the location rather than engage in their futile fight for Satan&#8217;s continued dominion over earth. HIS REIGN IS OVER! </em></p>
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<p><em>No indepth news for a while. We suggest watching local news and CNN. TSaS will focus on vital Bible studies, documentary summaries that respond to horrors we are witnessing during the most exciting time in man&#8217;s history, include member comments and/or prayer requests, and answer member questions. As news of the mother and daughters come in, it will be included in the next Extra Oil to broadcast. Pray— pray— pray unceasing for all, for the world and leaders, for all who believe a lie and will die twice for their wicked ways: &#8220;They know not what they do, nor to whom they do it.&#8221; </em></p>
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<p><strong>Seeds of Good and Evil </strong></p>
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<p>Condensed from <strong>Truth Gathering</strong>, chapter 31— Seeds of Good and Evil; ©copyright 1998-2003, annotated by Bonita M Quesinberry; the world&#8217;s only exhaustive AKJV Topical Bible: text below represents only the core message from each paraphrased scripture; references provided at end, followed by summary notes:</p>
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<p>You, who are obedient believers, are given understanding of the mystery of God&#8217;s kingdom: but, the wicked and disobedient hear parables they cannot understand; they see but do not perceive and hear but do not understand the truth. These latter have a form of godliness but deny the power of God by their behaviour. They consistently study to learn but never come to the knowledge and wisdom of God&#8217;s truth. Why? Because they seek by man&#8217;s direction instead of the Holy Ghost: the former a liar, the latter unable to lie.</p>
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<p>The Word of God is like seeds planted. When cast, some fall by the wayside, some upon stony places, and others among thorns; but a few seeds fall upon fertile soil. Those lying by the wayside represent people who heard the Word; but, Satan quickly removes God&#8217;s pure Doctrine from their hearts: which is to say, they heard the truth but never accepted it; thus, they turned back to man&#8217;s teachings by Christian illusion or by paganism: the latter is one way, the former is both ways cleverly disguised as Christ&#8217;s Church— Satan&#8217;s greatest lie. Alas, they will remain in a sinful state with absolutely no hope of salvation.</p>
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<p>Seeds that fell upon stony places are people who hear God&#8217;s Truth and receive Christ in a display of great joy; but the word does not take root in them. Alas, for a while they seem to believe; after a time, temptations of this world pull them away from God and back into Satan&#8217;s glittering gold world: whether it be his seemingly beautiful side, which appears to be Christian yet promotes worldly prosperity, or back to being utterly wicked and filthy.</p>
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<p>Seeds having fallen among thorns are people who heard God&#8217;s Truth, obey it for a while, then the cares, riches, and pleasures of this life soon choke out their faith; causing them to only appear Christian yet bearing no fruit of righteousness for lack of patience and Truth.</p>
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<p>Finally, those few seeds on fertile ground sprout in a people of honest and good hearts; therefore, God&#8217;s Word is understood thoroughly and each obeys Father&#8217;s Doctrine wholly as well as teach it to others: because they love Him and wish to please. Each bears fruit of righteousness; for they are patient, which is faithful. Their fruit is two-fold: 1) each grows into righteous behaviour like Christ; and, 2) each bring others into God&#8217;s Light and Truth, even if it&#8217;s only one person, or thirty or sixty or a hundred.</p>
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<p>As Jesus said on two separate occasions, &#8220;If you bring one to me, you shall be called great in heaven. If you live my Father&#8217;s Law and teach others to do the same, you shall be called great in heaven.&#8221; Oh, dear sheep! How simple to reach that plateau where God in heaven calls you &#8220;great!&#8221; It recalls His declaration of Job, &#8220;He is righteous above all men.&#8221; I desire to be called great by my Father. How about you?</p>
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<p>The seeds symbolize two things: 1) the Word of God; and, 2) the people who hear His Word. The latter seeds are divided into two groups of humans: the good, also referred to as wheat, and the evil, also known as weeds. Those considered evil by God are all who deviate from His Word by even the smallest point. The weeds grow amidst His wheat. If we look at the world&#8217;s landmasses, we find that the majority of fields are made up of weeds; in comparison, only small segments grow wheat and even then weeds infiltrate in an effort to choke out the wheat. Satan&#8217;s army makes up over 2/3rds of humanity; God&#8217;s army is a small 1/3rd: the difference is we have God&#8217;s power and they do not.</p>
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<p>Jesus said, &#8220;Every writer for God&#8217;s mouth is taught what the kingdom of heaven is like, and each teach these matters from both the Old and New Testaments; for they have received in abundance God&#8217;s knowledge, wisdom, secrets and mysteries. Alas, those of a wicked heart quickly lose the Truth they first were given, because they did not receive it with unshakable trust. Therefore, man shall live by every word of God.&#8221; Those who know God and His Christ obey God&#8217;s His Doctrine, to-wit: Statutes of Life, Law of Blessings, Law of Righteousness, Ten Commandments— for they who obey and teach His Word, in him or her is the love of God and Truth perfected.</p>
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<p><strong>References— </strong>Mark 4:11-12; II Timothy 3:5,7; Matthew 13:3-9,19-33,37-50,52; 13:12,16; Hebrews 4:2; Proverbs 1:23; Psalm 68:11; Proverbs 2:1-6; Luke 4:4; I John 2:3-6</p>
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<p><strong>Additional Points— </strong>Matthew 13:11,13,15; Mark 4:3-9,13-20,26-32; Luke 8:5-8,10-18; 13:19; 17:6; Psalm 45:1-2; Mark 4:24-25; Deuteronomy 8:3</p>
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<p>God&#8217;s own words reveal a single seed: His Word; and Jesus is the sower of God&#8217;s Word. The Word is heard by two kinds of people— indicating that all of humanity does hear or read about God at some point during their lifetime— also referred to as seeds: 1) God&#8217;s children; and, 2) Satan&#8217;s children. Noting either child as a seed indicates into what manner of plant, or person as it were, the seed sprouts and grows to ultimately reveal who is their father: God or Lucifer. These children, or soil as it were, also indicates the type of ground God&#8217;s seed Word fell upon and the plant type that sprouts: wheat or weeds.</p>
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<p>The four soil conditions reveal God&#8217;s wisdom, in that He alone knows each person&#8217;s true intent at heart: whether they desire spiritual things or the comfort of this world. The &#8220;wayside&#8221; uncovers a wicked heart, while &#8220;rocky and thorny&#8221; ground turn to the things and cares of Satan&#8217;s temporary realm: earth, the riches of which are under his temporary control to dispense. Only to fertile soil does God impart His Knowledge, Wisdom, Secrets, and Mysteries plus spiritual gifts of power according to Holy Spirit&#8217;s discretion.</p>
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<p>Lucifer&#8217;s children become his by virtue of their daily choices. After all, humanity first was God&#8217;s by His creation. As noted, Satan&#8217;s offspring are referred to as weeds, which has a two-point meaning: 1) blatantly wicked and filthy, those of the wayside, surround God&#8217;s children everywhere they go on this planet; and, 2) the beautiful ones, rocky and thorny, sit amidst Christ&#8217;s true congregation feigning belief. These are weeds in the midst of wheat but will not be separated until harvest time: that done in plain sight of all: no magical disappearances of people, as the &#8220;Left Behind&#8221; series would have us believe.</p>
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<p>God judges soils 1 through 3 as hating Him. Revelation 3:15-19, however, indicates hope for the rocky and thorny— as Revelation describes as the cold and lukewarm: which is another Truth to be learned. Still, each person must choose to &#8220;sell all that they have to follow Christ,&#8221; to-wit: comply with God&#8217;s full Doctrine as well as &#8220;speak His testimony and teach His Law.&#8221; If they do so because they truly love God, it is because &#8220;there is Light in them.&#8221; — Isaiah 8:16,20</p>
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<p>Time to repent is TODAY: we entered the last church age, Laodicea, in 1991. As a result, &#8220;Christ is at the door and comes quickly.&#8221; No one can say the specific day and hour, but we do know the time is at hand and must watch the clouds; for Christ&#8217;s harvest is not far off: October, or as late as mid-November. Could it be 2009 or the next year, perhaps? The Spirit instructed the seventh seal messenger, &#8220;No later than 2011.&#8221; The various signs of both the Old and New Testaments, including the mother and daughters&#8217; hatred of the Doctrine Keepers, plus six of the seven plagues are present and ever worsening, and all prophecies up to Christ&#8217;s return are fulfilled. We eagerly await His presence in the clouds of the final harvest months.</p>
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<p>——Watch the clouds between mid-October to mid-November henceforth until no later than 2011. The book of Hebrews says Jesus will not be late. If not fully converted now, time is your enemy; total conversion must be instant, this day, TODAY: do not delay. Pray unceasing! Be watchful; stand fast even to death. WE HAVE GOD&#8217;S POWER. KEEP WALKING and TALKING, even when it seems useless or even dangerous: you might snatch one lost, Lukewarm sheep from the flames and give the warmth of God&#8217;s Truth to a Cold waiting for it. Saith the Lord, &#8220;Ye lukewarm await consuming fire.&#8221;</p>
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<p>——TSaS post archives open to public; members access Bible Lesson FILES. TSaS ministry neither needs nor asks for money and never will: God provides our basic needs. We ask only for prayer and that you share God&#8217;s Truth with all who will hear/read and obey in &#8220;the instant.&#8221; Be good stewards of God&#8217;s Word: share Extra Oils, lead everyone to God&#8217;s Biblical Truth at — <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/truthseekersandspeakers">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/truthseekersandspeakers</a></p>
<p>Much Love in Christ, Sister BonnieQ<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.naturesanswer.com/">http://www.naturesanswer.com</a> to order <strong>Asafetida</strong>, also correctly spelled Asafoetida: produced by Natures Answer; if not in product list send email to NA to ask about getting it (my local health food store orders it for me) This is one of the strongest fighter&#8217;s of virus in God&#8217;s herbal kingdom: His medicine works perfectly and with no side effects!</p>
<p>Also, remember God&#8217;s words about these times, &#8220;My people shall walk among them and be not touched. And, my people shall not go without.&#8221;</p>
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<link>http://halfwaybetweenfaithandacrossroad.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/spiritual-experience/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Now what&#8217;s next.  I should write about my new path.  But not yet.  I want to write about something else.  I want to go more in depth of how much I lived in a fantasy.  I&#8217;m not sure you understand the gravity of me living in a fantasy world.</p>
<p>I remember when ever I had any free time or had time to just day dream my thoughts would go straight to fantasizing.  It was my hobby.  I could write books and books about what I day dreamed.  In years how much have I fantasized in my life?  I would have to say about five years of my life.  That&#8217;s if you put every minute that I day dream side by side.  I would have spent probably more than five years.  But I&#8217;m giving you an assumption of how much I would day dream.</p>
<p>I remember during recess time I didn&#8217;t play with the kids I would go off on my own and day dream.  I would even draw obscene drawings about a man and a women having sex.  But with my barbie dolls I would have two barbies having sex with one another.  The fantasies ran deep within.</p>
<p>I would fall asleep fantasizing and wake up and add to the imagination.  It was if I was living in a never ending day dream and my world was what I had to put up with.  I lived in an constant bubble.  Not letting reality hit me and not allowing myself to get hurt.  It was glass menagerie.  My illusion that I was living some what of a reality but stayed in my dreams when anything wrong was going on.  Never taking responsibility because I didn&#8217;t have to.  Especially since I had an older sister and two younger that took up my parents time.  I just slipped through the cracks and made it by as well as I could.  I remember when I was bored in church I would fantasize there too.  I didn&#8217;t know any better.  It was my reality.</p>
<p>I sometimes wonder if I were to go mad would I slip into one of my fantasies and believe it to be reality?  If I would forget my family and think that all the celebrities that I have made love to were my loved ones.  How much of me was lost in those daydreams?  How much of me was lost to the imagination?</p>
<p>I now live in the real world but I still day dream.  I still regress into myself right before falling asleep.  It helps keep the monsters at bay.  What monsters?  This is were I try to combine my Christianity.</p>
<p>When I was younger I would feel like there was some kind of presence in my room.  I never knew if it was safe or if it was some presence that shouldn&#8217;t be around.  I have always had some kind of spiritual experience.  A year hasn&#8217;t gone by in my life when I have had some kind of abnormal experience more like supernatural experience happen to me.  Now please understand that I believe that I have been redeemed with the blood of Jesus Christ and I have spoken in tongues.</p>
<p>Well that was then.  I don&#8217;t know about now&#8230;</p>
<p>Anyway I have been baptized, I have danced in the spirit, I had a demon casted out of me, and I have spoken in tongues.  I have also given someone a tiny prophesy.  I know you might think she is crazy.  That there is no way that these things could happen to someone but please believe that I am not crazy and I have had these things happen to me.  They are real.  If you do not believe that their are demons, angels, or that you have been redeemed by the son of God then stop reading altogether.  Stop reading because you might not understand or care for the rest of this post.</p>
<p>There are things I cannot not explain that have happened.  That I wish I could scientifically explain and give proof but alas I have none of it.  All of my life I&#8217;ve had people say &#8220;If you just let go He can do great things in your life!&#8221;  If I could go back to them and say &#8220;I have let go not in the way you might have wanted it but what now?  What happens to this lost child of His?  I am even lost?  Or was this the plan all along?&#8221;  I know that Jesus loves us no matter what.  But I have had a huge fight with myself wondering if He does love the ones that have decided to become homosexual.  Sure sex can be perverted, if you pervert it.  But what if two women or two men have sex in love.  Two people of the same sex love each other and are faithful, have been with each other for years with no other partner&#8230; Does not God consider a partnership between two straight people that have had sex with only one another to be husband and wife?  So would they not be a married couple?</p>
<p>For Christians I&#8217;m sorry if this may seem blasphemous but do not preach to me what the doctrine says.  Come to me with an open heart and try to explain to me what you think&#8230; Not what you know or what it says in black and white.  Come to me with open arms and minds and answer me that.  Answer me what does God do with those who are born one way but in their heart they know its not.  But yet myself who has ran and ran from being a lesbian has had all these spiritual experiences.  Experiences where I should have been frightened but I have ran into God&#8217;s arms and have been covered.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know what else to say.  I don&#8217;t know where else to go with this.  This has been one heavy post but it was needed to be said.  I will elaborate more on another one.  But for now I will leave you with that.  Take it in.  If its too much, than I&#8217;m sorry but this is me.  I will not apologize for it anymore.  Take it or leave it&#8230;</p>
<p>XOXO</p>
<p>~RoMa</p>
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<link>http://waterfriend.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/from-my-book-global-warming-is-a-myth/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Nowadays it is fashionable to talk and write about global warming; so much so that it may sound like blasphemy if I say that the Earth is cooling. But it is a simple fact that all members of the solar system except the Sun are in fact cooling off continuously from the time of inception. Any hot body will shed its heat until its temperature corresponds to the temperature of its environment. If we consider the Earth as a whole, including its atmosphere, the temperature may be roughly 250 degree C more than the outer space. It’s inevitable that the earth must cool off, for a considerable time to come.</p>
<p> Heat received by the Earth from the Sun is neglible, beyond 55 degree north and 55 degree south latitude. The slanting sunrays will not produce any worthwhile heat. Again, the heat received in the middle region up to 8 am and after 5 pm can be ignored. Whatever heat is absorbed between 8 am and 5 pm is lost during the night! All this is in summer. In winter sunlight has no effect at all.</p>
<p> <em>“But we have striking and sufficient evidence that the superficial shell of the globe is not only heated above that of the ambient air, by the action of its own deep-seated fires”  (Physical Geography by Thomas Milner)</em></p>
<p> How does the earth remain warm? We must look inwards for an answer. The interior of the earth is very hot (The reasons have been explained in the article below on Gravity). The temperature may be thousands of degrees C. Slowly this heat seeps outwards. As we go down the earth it becomes extremely hot. Heat may be transferred from the interior to the surface of the earth by the process of conduction. Heat is also transferred by water molecules. If there is no water in the oceans, the ocean beds would be extremely hot. But actually the temperature of the water in ocean beds may be of the order of 3 degree C. This is because of convection currents caused by the ice caps in the Polar Regions and the hot cauldron of sea bed below. This can be proved by a simple experiment.</p>
<p> A drum filled with water may be heated from below and cooled by a block of ice floating above. If you measure the temperature, you may find the water slightly warmer below the ice block than the water at the bottom of the drum. Water molecules, absorbing heat at the bottom, travel up and ice cooled water from the top comes down. In the same way hot water from the sea bed goes up and water (at 0 degree C) below the polar ice cap travels down towards the sea bed. This way heat from the interior of the earth is slowly transferred to the sea water. Eventually this heat is transmitted to outer space.</p>
<p> There is another less known mechanism of heat transfer, from the interior of the earth. Water molecules are driven towards the ocean beds under tremendous pressure. We know how it is, if it rains continuously for a few days! What if it rains for 365 days? Or imagine a water tank constructed in a field (bottom being earth without water) the height of the tank being 6kms. Well, this is how the ocean bed is! The constant pounding of the ocean bed by the pressure of up to 1000 atmospheres, makes the earth pulpy and water infiltrates down. Marine geologists tell us that the terrain below the ocean is not much different from the terrain of the continents. When the surface temperature of the earth was higher than 100 degree C, there was no water in the seas. There was no difference between land and sea. It was all land. The sea bed was normal height of the plain. The continents are merely plains of greater height like Tibetan plateau we are familiar with. There are mountains and valleys in the ocean beds also. Tunnels and caves we find in the continent are there in the sea beds too. These will get filled with water; under high temperature, acquired from geo-thermal energy and high pressure, the water becomes super heated steam. Water goes down but steam presses up and ultimately finds its way to the ocean. There are about 30 thousand volcanoes and any number of hot springs in the ocean through which heat continuously comes out. This may, perhaps, be the source of hot currents in the ocean.</p>
<p> The oceans can never be heated from above. The warm layer of water formed by sun rays cannot travel down and will become cool before the next day break. The ice cold water from the Polar region will sink to the ocean bed, never to rise up, unless heated by the earth. Ultimately, the whole ocean will become a block of ice if the earth is heated only from above by the Sun.</p>
<p> Let us now look at a strange thing about the Earth. The Arctic Circle is comparatively well populated with Eskimo’s etc living permanently there. The corresponding region in the Antarctic Circle is extremely cold and inhospitable. Man makes his presence felt in this region only in the southern summer. The reasons are obvious. The Arctic region being land locked, there are any number of hot springs there, (see my article on Saraswati ) warming the atmosphere. On the other hand the Antarctica is surrounded by deep oceans : the Pacific ocean on one side and the Indian ocean on the opposite side. There must be hot springs in this region also; but being too deep the warm waters get cooled.\</p>
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<p>From the above discussion one thing is clear – the earth is kept warm by geo thermal energy, and not by the heat from the Sun. Today life forms depend very much on sunlight; but the bottom of the sea too contains even developed life forms. Tomorrow if the sun suddenly disappears, I am sure mother Earth will continue to nurture her children, giving the warmth from her own bosom.</p>
<p> If you look at the map of the world, you will find that the whole of the hemisphere on the Pacific side and 90 % of the southern hemisphere is water. Comparatively few points of the continent comprise of urban areas. Industrial activity in these urban centers can contribute but a miniscule percentage to global warming, which has been going on much before industrialization. (see para on CO<sub>2</sub>)</p>
<p> Therefore, all this hullabaloo about global warming may be unwarranted.</p>
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<p>According to one theory, ‘Ice Age’ occurs every 18,000 years or so. The warming earth melts the polar ice cap, and the ice cold water comes down to northern Canada, Europe and northern Siberia. This will cause severe winter and the whole area will be covered with ice ushering in another ‘Ice Age’. The cycle repeats itself.</p>
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<link>http://jesuspops.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/fixtion-jesus-t-shirts-now-available/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Blasphemous and irreverent FUN!!! Fixtion Jesus T-Shirts are now available in a huge assortment of s]]></description>
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<p>Blasphemous and irreverent FUN!!!</p>
<p>Fixtion Jesus T-Shirts are now available in a huge assortment of styles.</p>
<p>Check out the <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/jesuspops" target="_blank">JesusPOPS</a> store at Zazzle!</p>
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<link>http://starkish.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/subjective-blasphemy/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://starkish.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/subjective-blasphemy/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#39;d prefer it this way or rock it this way I was bloghopping yesterday, my brain munching up vis]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_49" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 579px"><a href="http://streetpeeper.com/fashion/christopher-kane-crocodile-t-shirt"><img class="size-medium wp-image-49" title="Christopher Kane" src="http://starkish.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ckane.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="569" height="317" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I&#39;d prefer it this way</p></div>
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<p style="text-align:left;">I was bloghopping yesterday, my brain munching up visual grubs of fashion delectables.Page after page it was sweet, oh, too sweet, sweet sour, oh spicy!  spicy HOT! But one picture had me holding back vomit. A beautiful Christopher Kane Croc T-Shirt blasphemed with hideous cropped jean shorts, overboard accesorizing, bed hair which litteraly looked like she just got out of bed and crazy red lipstick that should have been left for those who can actually pull it off (unfortunately I&#8217;m not one of them). I am saddened that such a beautiful piece of artwork has been scandalized as such. A t-shirt with such grandeur should be worn simple. Its already a visual treat by itself, going overboard leaves it a bit too sweet close as to make you hurl. But yeah, fashion &#8230;. is subjective. Hence me holding it all in.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Side note, I know I have the CKane Baboon/Gorilla shirt in as well. I know.</p>
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<link>http://jesuspops.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/fixtion-jesus/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://jesuspops.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/fixtion-jesus/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[How many holidays celebrated in the U.S. are Christian holidays? For a &#8220;Judeo-Christian&#8221;]]></description>
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<p>How many holidays celebrated in the U.S. are Christian holidays?</p>
<p>For a &#8220;Judeo-Christian&#8221; based country&#8230; why do we have major government holidays based on Christian holy days&#8230; but none based on Jewish holy days?</p>
<p>If there&#8217;s a separation of church and state&#8230; why do we have government holidays based on holy days?</p>
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<link>http://bonnieq.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/extra-oil-update-34-news-of-false-teachers-false-prophets/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><strong>Prophecy&#8217;s Extra Oil Update 34: News of False Teachers, False Prophets</strong></p>
<p><em>©copyright 2009 Bonita M Quesinberry</em></p>
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<p><em><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">News 11/21-11/24</span></strong></em><em>: 3.5 days in &#8220;terrors of these end days;&#8221;<br />
<strong>England</strong>, &#8220;many&#8221; missing in &#8220;worst storm floods ever recorded&#8221; ancient stone bridges collapse, 1000s homes flooded; UK opens investigation of soldier abuses at Abul Grae prison similar to US abuses; <strong>China</strong>, mine blast kills &#8220;scores&#8221; (104); <strong>India</strong>, train derail kills &#8220;at least&#8221; 29; <strong>Saudi Arabia</strong>, 4 pilgrims die H1N1; <strong>Indonesia</strong>, ferry sinks, &#8220;at least&#8221; 26 dead; <strong>Turkey</strong> floods, 4 dead; <strong>Pakistan</strong>, 20 Taliban killed; <strong>Philippines</strong>, kidnappers kill 21; Politically motivated massacre, 46 dead; <strong>Italy</strong>, plane crash kills 5; <strong>Afghan</strong>, Nov: US soldiers-15 killed;<strong> Iran</strong>, alliance talks with Russia/So. America;<strong> Canada</strong>, Stork Craft recalls 2.1-mil baby cribs due to deaths;<strong></strong></em></p>
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<p><em><strong>US</strong></em><em>, religion/sexual orientation hate crimes rising rapidly, &#8220;economy not as strong as believed,&#8221; people in deadly panic mode, 29 States&#8217; job loss rates climbing, Senate debates <strong>Health</strong> bill; <strong>WA</strong> 5th storm, rivers flood, 3-ft snow, 7-in more due even lowlands, hail, wind damages, &#8220;at least&#8221; 11-k no power; <strong>OR</strong> bad weather, road rage shooting kills 1, wounds others/shooter kills self; <strong>Las Vegas</strong>, officer killed in his home by robber, military brother flies in from Iraq; <strong>FaceBook</strong> led to 12yo beating, Woman informed &#8220;stripped of Canadian disability due to F/B photos of her at Chippendale strip show&#8221;; (Uncle Sam also is watching and listening in on its people); </em></p>
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<p><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Mother and Daughters</span></em><em>: <strong>POPE</strong> to meet Anglican leaders amidst rising tensions; Hal<strong> LINDSEY</strong> recently viewed, noticed distinct agitation in evangelist as he defined points of prophecy, albeit invalid, on his TBN show: formerly confident, the nervous fidgeting revealed his recognition of lies in God&#8217;s name. Hal Lindsey is not alone; many like him, i.e. Hagee, speak for harlot daughters despite knowing Truth; </em></p>
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<p><em><strong>TBN </strong></em><em>Sun 11/22, Rev. John <strong>HAGEE</strong>, fronting a poster labeled &#8220;Counterfeit Christianity,&#8221; urged Sunday attendance then robs audience of Truth by accusing all who obey God&#8217;s Doctrine as legalist cults, &#8220;counterfeits.&#8221; By sight/sound Hagee trains his goats to blame Christ&#8217;s sheep for causing global devastation— Revelation shows Apostle John shocked by a scene of what appeared to be Christ&#8217;s church persecuting Christ&#8217;s church. </em></p>
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<p><em>Hagee&#8217;s sermon cited God&#8217;s wrath on US—economic crisis— then said &#8220;pray to return god to America and its demise can be stopped:&#8221; it is not the god whom Christ&#8217;s sheep follow, as Hagee later implied. It is too late to turn the tide, so he leads his flock to certain destruction: God said, &#8220;Satan slays his own.&#8221; Hagee&#8217;s end comments about the true sheep were to prepare his goats&#8217; minds to fault the Elect: unbeknownst to them God views these acts as cursing God (Rev.). It is the same brainwashing methods used to create terrorists, some of whom will kill anyone they believe the Bible or Quran call &#8220;infidels,&#8221; unbelievers— God noted, &#8220;They think to do it for God.&#8221; NOT!</em></p>
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<p><em>Sound like Muslim extremists? Hagee and others are urgently preparing their goats for exactly the same extreme behaviour as that of Islamic terrorists. Mark this word: their rage and indignation against Truth Speakers has been occurring for some time but only in verbal or written trickles; now their emotions are about to erupt in deadly rage. More frequently and more heatedly than any time in history, we are hearing these accusations from harlot daughters&#8217; myriad denominational pulpits and televised evangelists: earth&#8217;s hourglass about to run out of sand. Increasing twists of God&#8217;s Word then heavily laced with lies and pointing fingers at the Elect, while speaking in angry tones, reveal Satan&#8217;s last effort to take down with him as many people who will allow his nasty power of them. </em></p>
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<p><em>Be well-armoured, beloved sheep, that you may stand without fear of whatever attack they might bring against you; if it be verbal, say nothing or calmly respond as the Spirit leads, with a statement not for debate; or, if it be threat of a first death, face it as Jesus spoke of it— a blessing from God sparing you the worst to come: Christ <span style="text-decoration:underline;">will</span> raise us up to join Him in the clouds. According to God, a &#8220;few&#8221; brethren must die as a sign of Christ&#8217;s quick return: those few join Christ&#8217;s martyrs killed long ago and who are crying out from beneath the altar, &#8220;Lord, when will you avenge us.&#8221; Do not expect mass slayings of Christ&#8217;s true sheep: rather, look for many to be beaten and/or falsely imprisoned with just a few deaths of God&#8217;s few 7th seal messengers known worldwide. </em></p>
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<p><em>The sheep know the world is collapsing and will not recover, per God&#8217;s Holy Word; thus, a break from daily travesties is called for and prompts no indepth news for a while. We do suggest watching local news and CNN at least in the evening; be sure to notice CNN&#8217;s ticker tape at the bottom screen, which provides even more news in bits and bites. </em></p>
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<p><em>TSaS will focus on recalls of vital Bible studies, respond to member questions, post prayer requests and comments members might have, or post summaries of documentaries answering to horrors we are witnessing around the globe during the most exciting time in man&#8217;s history. Pray— pray unceasing for the world and its leaders, for all who believe a lie and will die twice for their misguided ways. </em></p>
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<p><em>Please <strong>WELCOME</strong> new member <strong>Jennie</strong> of Wisconsin! To all members, keep in mind that TSaS Post Archives and Files contain a wealth of God&#8217;s knowledge and wisdom: peruse them freely, print them out if you choose; most of all, share them with everyone you know, whether saved or not. You never know when you might &#8220;literally snatch one from God&#8217;s fiery wrath.&#8221; It only takes one for you to be &#8220;called great in heaven.&#8221;</em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Sister Debbie on Extra Oil Update 33</strong></em><em>— &#8220;</em>I have watched a few of those survivalist programs. They are the in-thing lately. It truly saddens me how foolish and lost these people are. There will be no place to hide when Christ returns. All will know who has come and why. His saints will be leaving and the rest will find their shelters are not to be. All we can do is pray they come to Christ and soon. Time as we know it now will cease to exist . . . in just a twinkling of His eye.&#8221;  <em></em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Identifying False Teachers and Prophets</strong></em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Truth Gathering</strong></em><em>, ©copyright 1998-2003 annotations by Bonita M Quesinberry, the world&#8217;s only AKJV exhaustive Topical Bible, excerpts chapters 2 and 12: Many moons ago, TSaS member Albert asked, </em>&#8220;How can we discern false preachers, pastors, prophets, theologians, and brethren from God&#8217;s true disciples?&#8221; See post archives for original post that includes member responses. Update ©copyright 2009—<em></em></p>
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<p><em>There are two AKJV Bible passages that, in God&#8217;s considered opinion, clearly define God&#8217;s true from Satan&#8217;s false: Isaiah and Daniel&#8217;s description of false teachers and prophets who would appear on the scene after Jesus ascended to heaven, the same of which Paul warned the true sheep. The following are paraphrased for clarity:</em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Isaiah 8:16,20</strong></em><em>— Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. They speak God&#8217;s Law and His testimony, for there is light in them. If they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. </em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Daniel 7:25</strong></em><em>— [False teachers and prophets] speak great words that are against the most High&#8217;s [Words], wearing out the saints of the most High, and they changed God&#8217;s times and Laws, [teaching their own for God's]. {recall Jesus chastising, &#8220;You teach man&#8217;s commandments for God.&#8221;}</em></p>
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<p><em>See also <strong>Romans 1:1-6; Galatians 1:6-10</strong>. Jesus lived and taught the Doctrine of God; and, His Apostles preached the gospel of Christ, which was God&#8217;s. What was said in the New Testament was first said in the Old. There is nothing new, nothing changed; save and except the fact Jesus became the ultimate sacrificial lamb in place of a literal lamb of the temporary sacrificial ordinances. </em></p>
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<p><em>All who truly believe must obey as a Jew, else be not grafted into the Jewish Tree of Life; and, all Jews who did not obey were cut from the Tree of Life. Paul admonished, &#8220;You heathens are grafted in but God can easily cut you out for the same reasons He cut out two of the tribes. Do not set their same examples of unbelief.&#8221; The two tribes cut out had turned deeply into pagan practices and rituals, just as Papal Rome and myriad Christian denominations did and continue to do today: which is to teach lies in God&#8217;s name. </em></p>
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<p><em>Sadly, the vast majority of people foolishly believe their denomination of choice teaches all 12 of God&#8217;s Commandments, &#8220;as given in the beginning,&#8221; which Paul stated. &#8220;In the beginning&#8221; refers us back to Moses and the stone tablets, cited in both <strong>Exodus c.20</strong> and <strong>Deuteronomy c.5</strong>: other Old Testament books state the two royal laws of love long before Jesus came reciting those same two &#8220;upon which depend the Ten.&#8221; The harlots teach that we really can&#8217;t obey all the Law— we are human after all— so we are not to worry about it: Jesus will forgive us each time we knowingly sin, thousands of times.</em></p>
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<p><em>NOT TRUE! Once having repented of all known sins, and never repeating them again, Christ will forgive sins of which we are not aware or do not yet fully understand— UNTIL we understand. For instance, many today do not know they are violating all the Commandments by not obeying the fourth. When they have been given the truth of this matter, then continue to disobey that Law, they will not be forgiven nor bear the Seal of the One True Living God; effectively condemning themselves to eternal death.</em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Leviticus 19:18, Deuteronomy 6:5, 10:12-13, 11:1,13, 13:3-5, Joshua 22:5 and Nehemiah 1:5,9</strong></em><em> clearly cite God saying, &#8220;Love the Lord thy God with all your heart and soul and with all your might; and, love your neighbor as yourself.&#8221; Deuteronomy 13:5 added, &#8220;IF YOU DO LOVE GOD, YOU WILL OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS.&#8221; Then, of course, the Apostles said, &#8220;We know we love God because we obey His Commandments.&#8221; Does everyone understand that God&#8217;s Twelve Precepts ARE His Holy Doctrine, the same Jesus magnified by living it, the same Jesus made honorable by teaching others to obey? </em></p>
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<p><em>Jesus came speaking no new commandments, albeit false teachers say He did give two new precepts; rather, He cited the same two royal laws God had given and added that upon them hang all the law and the prophets. To &#8220;hang upon&#8221; means to &#8220;depend upon.&#8221; Therefore, Christ was saying the same as what God had said: one cannot hope or even be motivated to obey the Ten Precepts unless they truly love God in order to obey the first four precepts, and truly love their neighbor thus obeying the last six laws. Jesus included the ancient prophets in His statement simply because they truly loved God thus both obeyed and spoke God&#8217;s testimony and Law just as Christ did. True love for God and neighbor compels a desire to obey God&#8217;s Law: written on the fleshy table of our heart.</em></p>
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<p><em>Following Jesus&#8217; ministry, the Apostles then taught the same message of obedience through faith: faith that obeying those Laws are in one&#8217;s own best interest and in the interest of those around them, and in faith that in doing so will prompt God to fulfill His promise of everlasting life. When Israel obeyed, it was because they feared God&#8217;s wrath instead of obeying His Law because they loved and trusted that God required it in their best interest; therefore acknowledging that God knows and understands more than they did or that we do. </em></p>
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<p><em>This is exactly why God&#8217;s Ten Precepts also have alternate Biblical titles: Statutes of Life, Law of Righteousness, Law of Blessings, and Law of Liberty; for in our obedience by faith and love, we will be blessed many times over AND spared a second death: provided, of course, we also truly believe Jesus is God&#8217;s Son. The harlots teach that we are set free of THE Law; when, in fact, we are set free of only the condemnation in the Law: which condemnation comes into play only when Law is violated: i.e. man&#8217;s law says stealing is a crime punishable by imprisonment. If you do not steal, then you are not condemned to prison; thus, to avoid condemnation you must obey that law. See how we are &#8220;set free&#8221; of only condemnation within God&#8217;s Law? If Christ set us free of the whole Law, then why will that same Law &#8220;stand forever, even in the new earth and heavens?&#8221;  </em></p>
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<p><em>In reality, false disciples teach almost exclusively the two royal laws— citing them as new commandments issued by Christ to replace the Ten, and the only ones that count in the end— &#8220;Love is Love and Love Is All That Matters.&#8221; Ironically, they do, from time to time, mention 12 precepts yet reduce one to third position to read simply, &#8220;Keep thou the Sabbath holy&#8221; while persuading their goats to be in church every Sunday. It would be difficult for them to urge Sunday attendance if they quoted the true fourth Precept: unless people have no concept of which are the first and last days in a week. Read the whole:</em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Exodus 20:8-11</strong></em><em>— Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger [heathen] that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it [made it holy].</em></p>
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<p><em>Jesus then came adamantly stating, &#8220;I also am Lord of the Sabbath!&#8221; This should lend a hint of something quite special about this seventh day. If nothing else, it identifies God and His Christ as the ones whom true believers serve. And, by their observance of God&#8217;s Sabbath, in the manner He prescribed in <strong>Isaiah 58:6-8,10,13-14</strong>, they are identified as both God&#8217;s and Christ&#8217;s servants, sheep, the elect. </em></p>
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<p><em>Additional scriptures state, &#8220;Blessed is the person who obeys God&#8217;s Sabbath, Jew or heathen, and cursed are those who do not.&#8221; To observe any other day as God&#8217;s Sabbath reveals a different god and identifies that god&#8217;s followers as goats, putting them in danger of being judged twice dead.</em></p>
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<p><em>Therefore, the seventh day Sabbath is both God&#8217;s and Christ&#8217;s seal of authority to enforce God&#8217;s Laws over those who observe and keep holy the day as well as God&#8217;s remaining Statutes of Life. After all, within <strong>Exodus 20:8-11</strong> appear all four criteria required for a valid seal of authority, whether corporeal or spiritual; and, in <strong>Ezekiel 20:12,20</strong> God clearly tells us that the seventh day Sabbath is His SEAL— sign, seal, mark, and token being synonymous words— indicating that all who bear God&#8217;s seal have been sanctified by Him or by His Christ. Christ&#8217;s claim to the same seal makes perfect sense: He is the Son of God, thus He expects the same obedience to the day He shares with His Father. After all, Jesus said, &#8220;Do my Father&#8217;s Will, obey my Father&#8217;s Doctrine.&#8221;</em></p>
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<p><em>It is an historical fact that the seventh day of the week is Saturday; always has been and always will be. Look to the Jewish faith for confirmation; of which Christianity is supposed to be a mere extension. Nonetheless, over the last 6000 years, calendars have undergone a number of changes: both the Jewish as well as those of pagans, changes which affected only the number of days in a year or in a month as well as the number of months in a year or which month would represent the first month of the year: Jewish and pagan finally settling on 12 months of 360-365 days in a year. </em></p>
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<p><em>There have been several attempts to change the line up of week days— specifically to get people to accept Monday as the first day and Sunday as the seventh, making a blasphemous day appear to be God&#8217;s true Sabbath— but, each time it was met with strong opposition thus never accepted. This is no surprise, for our Lord stated, &#8220;I preserve My Truths.&#8221; Ironically, the United States federal government and its armed forces do use calendars showing Monday as the first day and Sunday as the last weekday. Sunday always has been the first day and Saturday the seventh. But, what about &#8220;times?&#8221;</em></p>
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<p><em>Genesis shows God establishing a day as extending from evening to evening: because the world began in darkness; thus night came first, then He created light for the daytime hours. For example, Sabbath begins at sundown Friday and ends at sundown Saturday, the next day beginning at sundown and so forth. False speakers changed a day to begin at midnight, which comes straight out of paganism. </em></p>
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<p><em>In the last decade or more, some denominations have begun holding services on Saturday evenings, due to some members&#8217; concerns regarding God&#8217;s fourth Statute, erroneously leading people to believe they are observing God&#8217;s true Sabbath by attending church on Saturday nights; in fact, it&#8217;s already Sunday by God&#8217;s time standard. Obviously, these same people have no idea what God calls a day, short of reading Genesis for themselves. </em></p>
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<p><em>The above move also is an effort to bring Sabbath keepers into their deadly synagogues: which is to walk right back into that which God said to &#8220;come out of.&#8221; Even daylight savings practices cannot affect God&#8217;s true Sabbath: the sun will rise and the sun will set according to His timing, regardless of mankind&#8217;s mechanical clock settings.</em></p>
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<p><em>Further, false speakers interpret God&#8217;s prophecies to suit the desires of the world as well as altering timelines of each prophecy they&#8217;ve discerned by the world— as opposed to spiritually— therefore grossly leading their people astray and leaving them totally unprepared for Christ&#8217;s quick return. To be unprepared is to be left behind very &#8220;dead from one end of earth to the other end and the eagles are called to feast upon them,&#8221; while Christ&#8217;s sheep are &#8220;escorted to the sure, safe haven of heaven for 1000 years.&#8221; </em></p>
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<p><em>False speakers teach some prophecies having been fulfilled in part, with the remainder to be fulfilled thousands of years later: setting God and His Word wholly out of character. This maliciously directs people to seek signs today that were long ago fulfilled— in essence, causing them to believe Christ won&#8217;t come until they see those signs. There are numerous ways in which false prophets have misinterpreted God&#8217;s prophecies, while at the same time earning billions of dollars through the promotion of their lies by the use of various medias: books, television and movies. Lies are about money, tons of it.</em></p>
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<p><em>God, Christ, Holy Spirit, and the Apostles made it clear that even &#8220;one falsehood amidst God&#8217;s truth renders the whole a deception.&#8221; So let us suppose the only lie being taught among various denominations is that of God&#8217;s Sabbath: Sunday exchanged for Saturday. This being the case, how can anyone believe anything else they teach? If they will promote even one lie— let alone the greatest lie ever perpetuated— there is absolutely NO assurance people are getting any of God&#8217;s Truth! Besides which, this particular falsity renders the one who believes the lie without God&#8217;s Seal upon his or her forehead: instead, twice dead by Satan&#8217;s Mark.</em></p>
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<p><em>The fact is, and for any number of reasons, there is not one denomination coming even close to fitting the Biblical description of Christ&#8217;s church; which clarifies exactly why Jesus said, &#8220;Where two or three are gathered in my name, so shall I be.&#8221; This also accounts for the description of His flocks as being &#8220;small&#8221; in number.</em></p>
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<p><em>Our Saviour condemned all false preachers, pastors, theologians, and prophets of His time as well as in the generations to come; saying instead that those who are NOT schooled in man&#8217;s Bible seminaries— babes, as it were— would perfect praise and teach Truth. Despite His declaration, the vast majority of people continue to believe and blindly follow only ordained ministers and their trumped up prophets: the very ones &#8220;who slay their own people for lack of truth.&#8221; They reign by way of persuasive power strengthened by certificates of ordination from man&#8217;s schools of theology and, in exchange for your loyalty and money, they promise wealth, peace, and happiness now and in paradise they cannot guarantee.</em></p>
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<p><em>Last, there are people who will believe only those preachers, pastors, theologians and prophets who are related to them: mother, father, brother, sister, uncle and so forth. Just because someone is a family member who just happens to be in a ministry does not guarantee he or she speaks God&#8217;s Truth. Nor can one be assured they are not false ministers and prophets. Else Christ would not have warned that those who will turn against His sheep are those of his or her own household, family as it were. Further, Paul revealed the deceit of Satan&#8217;s synagogues: &#8220;Why are you surprised Satan can manifest himself as an angel of light and that his ministers can do the same?&#8221;</em></p>
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<p><em>God&#8217;s consistent complaint with Israel, as noted in <strong>Isaiah 30:8-9</strong>, was their habitual return to disobedience of His Commandments; <strong>Ecclesiastes 12:13-14</strong> further advising us that the whole duty of mankind is to obey God&#8217;s Statutes. Then, in <strong>Romans 2:12-13,15,18</strong>, Paul states clearly that &#8220;those who sin without God&#8217;s Law will PERISH without His Law; and, those who sin aware of God&#8217;s Law shall be JUDGED by that law: therefore, the hearers of God&#8217;s Law are not justified; but, the DOERS OF GOD&#8217;S LAW SHALL BE JUSTIFIED. How much plainer must God&#8217;s requirements be stated in order that people turn to His total Law instead of mankind&#8217;s altered form of it? <strong>Revelation</strong> even confirms this same obligation three times— <strong>12:17, 14:12, 22:14</strong>.</em></p>
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<p><em>Yet, religious leaders say we are dead to the Law? The only aspect of God&#8217;s Law to which only the obedient are exempt is the condemnation built into the Law; this is to say, the penalty for violating God&#8217;s Law, which penalty is to be rendered twice dead. There is no scripture in existence saying we are dead to obeying His Precepts. After all, scripture tells us that to commit sin IS to violate the Law.</em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Isaiah 8, verses 16 and 20</strong></em><em>, make it abundantly clear who are false teachers versus who are Spirit anointed speakers: the latter speak the loving testimony of God and His Christ as well as teach only God&#8217;s Law, His Doctrine, because there is light in them. There was light in God&#8217;s various chosen ancient prophets, there was light in Jesus, there was light in His Apostles, save and except Judas, and there is light in the few truly anointed today: sadly, they go unheeded amidst the roaring flood of false teachers and prophets. </em></p>
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<p><em>After all, false leaders can shout louder and have ample financial resources you&#8217;ve provided to surround the globe with their lies, masking truth speakers by their sheer strength and volume, accessibility to civil powers, as well as their exceeding numbers of supporting followers: these latter of whom are to be considered false brethren. False leaders and brethren alike are quick to denounce truth speakers as &#8220;legalists, blasphemers and doers of Satan&#8217;s work.&#8221; Their formal ordination causes people to believe them thus quickly denouncing truth speakers. As in Christ&#8217;s day, so it is today: only getting worse.</em></p>
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<p><em>Do you still believe you are directed by God&#8217;s true disciples: the ones who lead your choice  of denomination? Or, has this article cast shadows on what you&#8217;ve believed, doubt of your leaders and those denominations Biblically known as Satan&#8217;s synagogues? There is much more light to be shed, for they know absolutely no boundaries for lies.</em></p>
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<p>Therefore, the end-of-days&#8217; instruction to Christ&#8217;s sheep is to be fully dressed in God&#8217;s Armor and keep your eyes on the clouds; for Jesus is even at the door and earth has been  &#8220;reeling to and fro like a drunkard&#8221; for almost 19 years now (<strong>Isaiah 24:19-22</strong>). Time is short; so, let this serve as a heads up to every professed Christian whom God deems cold or lukewarm (<strong>Revelation 3:14-22</strong>). Repent— repent— repent quickly, totally and today.</p>
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<p>——Watch the clouds between mid-October to mid-November henceforth until no later than 2011. The book of Hebrews says Jesus will not be late. If not fully converted now, time is your enemy; total conversion must be instant, this day, TODAY: do not delay. Pray unceasing! Be watchful; stand fast even to death. WE HAVE GOD&#8217;S POWER. KEEP WALKING and TALKING, even when it seems useless: you might snatch one lost, lukewarm sheep from the flames and give the warmth of God&#8217;s Truth to a cold waiting for it. Saith the Lord, &#8220;Ye lukewarm await consuming fire.&#8221;</p>
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<p>——TSaS post archives open to public; members access Bible Lesson FILES. TSaS ministry neither needs nor asks for money and never will: God provides our basic needs. We ask only for prayer and that you share God&#8217;s Truth with all who will hear/read and obey in &#8220;the instant.&#8221; Be good stewards of God&#8217;s Word: share Extra Oils, lead everyone to God&#8217;s Biblical Truth at — <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/truthseekersandspeakers">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/truthseekersandspeakers</a></p>
<p>Much Love in Christ, Sister BonnieQ</p>
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<p>Also, remember God&#8217;s words about these times, &#8220;My people shall walk among them and be not touched.&#8221;</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The world is not a pretty thing when you look at it too close.  Fear and guilt perpetuated by organized religions .  So methodically, so maniacally, there is so little hope for our society.  So little hope for the individuals.  So little hope.  In this country we cast you out and burn you at the stake for being different.  We hate and destroy individuality.  We seek conformity.  We seek acceptance.  We seek approval.  At the cost of living, at the cost of our lives&#8230; at the cost of our souls.</p>
<p>Welcome to our country, a country ruled by religion, a country ruled by fear, a country ruled by superstitions, a country ruled by insanity.  Welcome to JesusLand</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This is part 2 of a video posted on YouTube by Nodoubt257, and it goes deeper into the subject of the Roman Catholic Church being Babylon, the Great Whore of the book of Revelations. In this video, the subject of Mariolatry (the worship of Mary, the mother of Jesus) is analyzed in depth, and the connection between Mary and the Queen of Heaven spoken of by the prophet Jeremiah is well established. Come out of her, My people, says the Lord!</p>
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<p>One of the most common phrases today among teens and young adults illustrates the fifth sign of the perilous last days in 2 Timothy 3:2: “For men will be…blasphemers.” Whether it is texting, chat or plain talking, God’s name is being abused.</p>
<div id="attachment_639" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 109px"><a href="http://ucgmikebennett.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/swearing-19156606.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-639" title="swearing 19156606" src="http://ucgmikebennett.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/swearing-19156606.jpg?w=99" alt="" width="99" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Using God&#39;s name as nothing more than an exclamation is a common infraction of the Third Commandment.</p></div>
<p>According to <a href="http://www.hollywoodandgod.com/">www.hollywoodandgod.com</a>, many of the top films in theaters today use God’s name in vain. It goes beyond the R-rated movies that we assume would contain blasphemy. Even movies aimed at kids like <em>X-Games 3-D: The Movie, Shorts</em> and <em>Where the Wild Things Are</em> all contain at least one reference to God in an unbiblical way, as do many prime-time broadcast TV shows.</p>
<p>It’s true that if we hear something enough times, we will begin to imitate it. I noticed this when I moved to Indiana from upstate New York and I began to imitate the sayings and dialects of those I went to school with. In the same way, if we are around those who use God’s name in vain, then we are more likely to pick up the phrases without consciously realizing it.</p>
<p>In Exodus 20:7 God gives us a direct command to “not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.” I’ve heard the argument that the phrases are merely filler words not intended to be taken seriously, but is that what God thinks?</p>
<p>When we use God’s name, we should really consider the context in which it’s being used. Is it in prayer, in God-centered conversation or is it thrown out to add emphasis to subjects irrelevant to our communication with God?</p>
<p>In Acts 26:11, Paul described how he persecuted the Church before his conversion. “I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme.” If it took torture to force people to blaspheme God’s name, then why would we want to commit this sin of our own free will?</p>
<p>God gives us a great privilege to be able to come to Him and seek His guidance and advice. We are able to call upon His name whenever we need instruction or comfort. Let’s not take this great blessing lightly by abusing God’s name in daily conversation. Read more about this in “<a href="http://www.gnmagazine.org/booklets/TC/thirdcommandment.asp">The Third Commandment: From Profanity to Praise.”</a></p>
<p>To see the other articles in this series on signs of the perilous end times, see the <a href="http://ucgmikebennett.wordpress.com/category/signs-of-perilous-times/">“Signs of Perilous Times”</a> category.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[WE LOVE YOU]]></title>
<link>http://islamalert.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/we-love-you/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[We love Humanity The chain of tragedy is the most advance democracy is based on symbolism of war, ha]]></description>
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<p>The chain of tragedy is the most advance democracy is based on symbolism of war, hate and fear by celebrating crucifixion of hope. We American are consider to be the world leader with only fear of bombs and money not love and humanity. It is time for all world leaders with knowledge of investigation, studies and discoveries to examine their sympathetic nervous system to confirm that they are still human being.The unlimited power on humanity with technology of mass distraction cannot be useful to find small information of the round holy dance of nature, The last eclipse on Moon was in 2008 and the last eclipse of Sun will change ecological system of balance and chemistry of nature . it is time to educate our self about environment and realty of life.</p>
<p>The only way available for us to capture the essence of reality and to uncover the secrets of the world which is hiding in nature and fealty. Human faith can relay lead to the goal of grasping an objective reality by mean of knowledge and experiences once confused democracy is ready to give up material pleasure for mental health. The world problem that preoccupies people thoughts today is hate and fear each other which is deeply rooted in the distant time of human history. It has driven your forefathers into a long and nonsense struggle in the ideological and political fields and in the religious and culture barriers without investigating true human nature. Thus March 2008 came and gone and the crusade of crucifying is continues. Knowledge is the key to establish system of life, universe and the nature by debating or denying it for best democracy. The state of denial that is contributing pain in the chain of humanity is whenever some one tries to show whiteness of nature is not white enough to prove it.</p>
<p>The system of killing innocent human being for piece of land is not philosophically based on Abraham’s monotheistic faith. The only hope that is keeping saint human faith alive is the sound of ghunagroo from the angles of life who are sanding gust of smiles on innocent children. The battle will continue with no weapons other then our personal power with only one purpose that one day we will understand the reason of stars and time clock of eclipses.</p>
<p>We believe that one day God (Rab) will bless love of humanity to those who are unconscious of crucifixion of life in the name of war and terror on poor helpless people. The festival of life can be celebrated with wisdom of human faith knowledge once we realize that we are part of human family. Humanfealty advocates spiritual and moral principles on very high scales for the longest term in human history.</p>
<p>Human faith is Ajmal Mehdi and Adam Mehdi monotheistic faith of humanity and knows that God (Rab) is the creator and overseer of the universe at all the time and all matters. It is time to adopt true nature of humanity by educating innocent children in accordance with Divine affirmation of human faith. Blessing on Humanity from angels of Peace Ajmal Mahdi (Imam) and Adam Mahdi (Jesus Christ) the father and the son with Holy Spirit!</p>
<p>Saint Human Faith and Adam Mehdi ( Jesus Christ ) the father and son do not support culture of Atheism, Adulterer, Drinker&#8217;s, Smoker’s, Drug users , Money lover , Racist, Sexism, Assaulters, Murders, Thieves , Gamblers ,</p>
<p>IN GOD (Rab) WE TRUST WE HAVE FAITH IN HUMANITY (Rabi)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Building the Magic]]></title>
<link>http://kandlesmoke.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/building-the-magic/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Drinking stolen wine, and smoking cigarettes rolled from the pages of a bible, I begin again. -sigh-]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Drinking stolen wine, and smoking cigarettes rolled from the pages of a bible, I begin again.</p>
<p>-sigh-</p>
<p>When you really break it all down, what&#8217;s the point of it all?  I ask myself.  I&#8217;ve asked this numerous times, only to have the answer bite me in the ass over and over and over again.  I&#8217;ve pissed away a good few years worth of Life in the search for &#8216;It All&#8217; and all I&#8217;ve really come up with is &#8216;Just Because&#8217;.  There remains a distance I try to keep between me and the words I write, but I realize that the distance is what becomes me.  No matter the content, intent, or goal, it&#8217;s all just another attempt to find meaning to it all in the world around me.  Something that has been tried hundreds, or thousands, or millions of times before this one.  Whatever the number that has proceeded this single attempt amongst many, I move forward, claiming neither experience nor insider tips towards the matter.  After all, I&#8217;m just one voice amongst the millions on the Internet that feels the need to throw their thoughts at the ink and see what sticks to the paper after the initial shit storm has passed.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve never had formal schooling, and while I wish I had, that option hasn&#8217;t presented itself as yet, though I know I can&#8217;t just wait for opportunities to appear, but must make the opportunities for the one who would take them as they come.  Namely, Me.  This really goes for anyone else out there that would begin as I would; Ass Backwards and trying to figure out just what the fuck is going on in this world.  I know others like myself exist.  I know I&#8217;m not unique, and if I am, I&#8217;m unique just like anyone else you could pick from this floating ball of rock, hurtling through space at about 67,000 miles per hour.  Hell, even my American upbringing has distanced me from the rest of the globe as everyone else uses the metric system.  If I could simulate rolling my eyes here, I would.</p>
<p>Whatever the case may be, I made a choice to keep going in the direction I&#8217;m in, and do my damned best to keep myself going, no matter how bad things get.  And believe me, things get pretty damn bad, especially for one as imaginative as myself.  There&#8217;s all forms of danger to be lurking in the blackness of the unknown, waiting around every corner to trip and devour you at the slightest sign of weakness.  That&#8217;s the world for you.  Fierce, vicious, and none too picky about what it devours to keep going.  Earth is a monstrous engine that is fueled by the blood of Man.  We die so that it might continue.  If humans died out completely, Earth would advance and forget about us.  We are short lived, troublesome, violent, and self destructive.  It&#8217;s bound to happen eventually, right?  Well, judging by the patterns at least.  Earth has a memory, but one that measures against the Galactic Ruler.  Our one hundred year bottle rockets are no match at all for the Class D bombs it has to deal with.</p>
<p>We are here and gone in a blink of an eye.  Look at our history and you&#8217;ll notice that the longer we lived, the longer we were able to keep ourselves alive, the more logical our deductions about our home became.  When our lives were capped at around thirty to forty years we worshiped anything that we did not understand, and back then, that was just about anything we saw.  As the years progressed we came to understand our surroundings and the ball of rock we lived on.  Hell, for the longest the world was thought to be flat.  You can even compare this to the way humans think about things.  It&#8217;s never as multidimentional as we&#8217;d like it to be, being only able to observe (for the most part) in a 2-D to 3-D point of view.  When you introduce meditation, &#8216;outside-the-box-&#8217; thinking, etc, we really only add a fraction of what really is.  That the world is but an atom in the unfathomable build of a gigantic dildo, placed away in someone&#8217;s closet until the next moment the husband, wife, or dry spell comes up, is only a small percentage in the whole fucking system of it all.  For all we know, we&#8217;re atoms that make up the code of a horrible virus that is, right as you are reading this, tearing the life from a life force that has family, friends, and lovers as you all do.</p>
<p>Who cares, right?  We&#8217;re either too big or too small to give credit to such things?  We aren&#8217;t effected by the events of these worlds, so why bother thinking of them?  Why not?  Why not give into these ponderings in the dark?  Because it shakes what you are to the core.  It challenges your set views of a world where You are the biggest, most valuable, pawn on the whole chess board, and a polite &#8216;Go fuck yourself&#8217; to anything that would challenge this existence where You remain an &#8216;Important&#8217; piece in the Game of Life.  Perspective kicks us in the balls again as we delve into the possibilities that we aren&#8217;t the Big Cheese in the main run of things.  Even that line of thinking can be credited to Religion.</p>
<p>I really don&#8217;t want to get into a discussion of religion right now because it would ruin my buzz, but I&#8217;ll just end this topic here by saying that Religion has been the biggest cause of Death in our entire existence as sentient creatures on this this floating rock.</p>
<p>We <em>believe</em> because we <em>CAN</em>.</p>
<p>At any rate, I&#8217;m off to bed.</p>
<p>Fuck you, fuck your beliefs, and most of all, fuck bananas.  Because I can almost never remember how to spell the fucking things&#8230;</p>
<p>Whatever,</p>
<p>Peace and enlightenment be upon you Traveler.</p>
<p>~K.S.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sushi Preacher:  Bobby Conner, Eagle Worldwide Ministries (Eagle's View)]]></title>
<link>http://watchandpray.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/sushi-preacher-bobby-conner-eagle-worldwide-ministries-eagles-view/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[You know how our mothers used to cut up vegetables in really, really small bits and mix them slyly i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>You know how our mothers used to cut up vegetables in really, really small bits and mix them slyly into our favorite junk dishes- so we were eating vegetables without knowing it? Well, our mothers are good and well-meaning, but some people these days have taken their technique and have begun to serve up really nasty things to Christians, and some Christians, without knowing it, are gobbling up their lies. </p>
<p>A quick surfing of the internet unearths many pastors and preachers who with their &#8220;charisma&#8221; and lightning-fast tongue can roll up the truth and the lie so tightly together that the whole dish looks yummy, healthy and natural- like a sushi. They serve them up with a lot of humor and a commanding stage presence. The Christians get hungry. They laugh, they are charmed. They come out full- but not of the Holy Spirit. I call these pastors Sushi Preachers.</p>
<p>One of them is preacher Bobby Conner who leads the Eagle&#8217;s View Ministries. I watched one of his preachings on his church&#8217;s website www.eagleworldwide.com. The preaching was entitled &#8220;Arise and Shine&#8221;, dated July 15, 2009. </p>
<p>It is obvious that Bobby Conner had a lot of friends in the audience because they accepted all his words (hook, line and sinker) and even cried an Amen! when he blasphemed the Holy Spirit. Nobody cried out in disagreement, or in shock. I would think nobody rebuked him after too. </p>
<p>Ten minutes and forty seconds into his preaching (which is peppered by Bible quotes, by the way), Bobby Conner says:</p>
<p><em>&#8220;The Holy Ghost doesn&#8217;t have any hands until He gets yours.<br />
The Holy Ghost doesn&#8217;t have any feet until He gets yours.<br />
The Holy Ghost doesn&#8217;t have any eyes or lips, until He gets yours.&#8221;<br />
- Bobby Conner</em></p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t believe a &#8220;man of God&#8221; can say this, check it out for yourself: http://www.eagleworldwide.com/index.php?option=com_content&#38;view=article&#38;id=137&#38;Itemid=138  </p>
<p><strong>We have to ask ourselves what we are saying &#8220;Amen!&#8221; for.</strong></p>
<p>This goes against everything I know about the Holy Spirit. The only other time I recall hearing something like this was in the Lord God&#8217;s description of graven images (Jeremiah 10:4-5 &#8220;&#8230;it cannot move&#8230;it cannot speak.&#8221;) Is Bobby Conner comparing the Spirit of the Lord to these impotent, graven idols?</p>
<p><strong>Do you believe that the Lord needs you?</strong></p>
<p>The Lord can use anyone with or without their consent. He used Nebuchadnezzar. He used Rameses. He used a donkey. If the people in Jerusalem shut up, Jesus said the STONES would cry out in praise! He used angels appearing as men. He accomplishes what He wills by His own power. </p>
<p>My faith is this: God does not need me, I need HIM. I do the things He wants me to do because I need to, because #1, He is God and I am His; #2 because by obeying Him, I learn more about Him. I am the one who needs to do His work; He does not need me to do His work. I am the one who needs His help; He does not need my help. Sounds a bit like each other, and very, very easy to miss when you&#8217;re not paying attention. But there&#8217;s a chasm of difference here, and that chasm is where the devil fell.</p>
<p>In the end of days, Jesus said many false Christs will arise. And the Bible says: the deception will be sooo great, that if it were possible, the very elect shall be deceived. There would be no tendency for us to be deceived if we knew that certain words or ways were coming from Satan outright. But if they were cloaked in Bible verses, if they were delivered in Christian jargon, by entertaining, powerful and gentle preachers, the Christian&#8217;s defenses go down. Before you know it, we&#8217;re believing a different gospel. Jesus calls them false Christs for a reason&#8230;because they pretend to be like Christ but are not. If they did not look or sound like Christ, they would not be called false Christs. But they are so-called, because they can deceive you into thinking they&#8217;re actually preaching Christ. Jesus would not say &#8220;Many false prophets shall arise and deceive many&#8221;, &#8220;even the elect if it were possible&#8221;, if these men were not pretending they were the voice of God AND SUCCEEDING at it.</p>
<p>We have to examine everything that we hear. Because many lies are inserted along with the truth. They wrap truth and lie so closely together, that it&#8217;s hard to see. These lies go into our head, and very subtly, slowly, change our belief in God.</p>
<p><em>By the way, lest the followers of Bobby Conner excuse him and rationalize a way out for him in their own heads, this is not the one and only Satanic ideology in Bobby Conner&#8217;s preachings. There are many, many, many more. This guy cannot stand 10 minutes without stumbling over a Biblical concept. I just thought I&#8217;d take this one, because it is most important- a blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. </em></p>
<p>Rise up, followers of Jesus. Stay awake!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Forgiveness For Blaspheming The Holy Spirit And Falling Away From The Faith]]></title>
<link>http://alwaysbeingready.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/forgiveness-for-blaspheming-the-holy-spirit-and-falling-away-from-the-faith/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I remember the confusion I experienced understanding salvation when I first read the Bible. I had heard that whoever believes in Jesus was saved and forgiven for all their sins. But two passages of Scripture confused me as I made my way through the New Testament, the first concerned blaspheming the Holy Spirit, and the second addressed falling away.</p>
<p>I found this note in the <em><a href="http://www.christianbook.com/niv-life-application-study-bible-hardcover/9780842348928/pd/4892X?item_code=WW&#38;netp_id=155651&#38;event=ESRCN&#38;view=covers">Life Application Study Bible</a></em> on 1John 1:9 very helpful:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>1:9</strong> Confession is supposed to free us to enjoy fellowship with Christ. It should ease our consciences and lighten our cares. But some Christians do not understand how it works. They feel so guilty that they confess the same sins over and over, and then they wonder if they might have forgotten something. Other Christians believe God forgives them when they confess, but if they died with unconfessed sins, they would be forever lost. These Christians do not understand that God <em>wants</em> to forgive us. He allowed his beloved Son to die just so he could pardon us. When we come to Christ, he forgives all the sins we have committed or will ever commit. We don’t need to fear that he will cast us out if we don’t keep our slate perfectly clean (John 6:37). Of course we want to continue to confess our sins, but not because we think failure to do so will make us lose our salvation. Our relationship with Christ is secure (John 6:47). Instead, we confess so we can enjoy maximum fellowship and joy with him.</p>
<p>True confession also involves a commitment not to continue in sin. We are not genuinely confessing our sins before God if we plan to commit the sin again and just want temporary forgiveness. We must pray for strength to defeat the temptation the next time it appears.</p></blockquote>
<p>In addition, the following article from the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hebrew-Greek-Key-Word-Study-Bible/dp/0899577504/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1258913330&#38;sr=8-1"><em>Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible</em></a> explains that God forgives all who repent for blaspheming the Holy Spirit. Indeed God forgives all people for all sin if they repent and believe in Jesus Christ (1John 1:7). And the subsequent excerpt from the section titled <em>The Interpreter</em> of John Bunyan’s <em><a href="http://www.christianbook.com/pilgrims-progress-modern-english-updated-edition/john-bunyan/9780882707570/pd/07574?item_code=WW&#38;netp_id=128099&#38;event=ESRCN&#38;view=covers">The Pilgrim’s Progress</a>,</em> looks at falling away, and explains that it is only unrepentance that prevents people from receiving God’s forgiveness. Lastly, three passages from Holy Scripture close the article.</p>
<p>From the note on Mark 3:28,29 of the <em>Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible</em>:<strong> </strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>3:28-29</strong> This important saying of our Lord referring to the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit occurs also in Mt. 12:31,32 and Lk. 12:10. It speaks of God’s willingness and ability to forgive anyone of any sin and of all their sins put together. It is to be noted that these words of the Lord were spoken immediately after the accusation was made against Him that the works He was doing were done by the power of Beelzebul, the chief of the demons (see Mt. 12:22-30; Mk. 3:20-27). In Lk. 12:10 the Lord’s saying about the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is separated from the context of the discussion concerning Jesus and Beelzebul which is given in Lk. 11:14-23. The words of Christ become far more understandable if we examine what occasioned them. What the Lord wanted to teach after this discussion regarding the activity of the devil among men was this: The devil is really not the countertype of the Lord Jesus in the plan of man’s salvation, but he is the countertype of the Holy Spirit who’s function is to convict unto repentance or reprove the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment (Jn.16:8-15). The devil counteracts this conviction. The verb that is translated as “convict” in Jn. 16:8 is <em>elegxei</em><em> </em>which means “to bring under conviction.” The Holy Spirit here is presented as the one who brings judgment upon the devil. The two are counteracting each other. The first statement that is made by Christ is that each sin (<em>hamartia</em>, 266), all sins together (<em>pasa</em>, 3956) and blasphemy (<em>blasphemia</em>, 988) shall be forgiven. Mark 3:28, instead of saying every sin and blasphemy, says <em>panta, “all sins,” the neuter plural of pas</em> (3956). The word “blasphemies” means to say something which hurts a person. <em>Hamartia</em> is the inclusive name of all kinds of sins, missing the mark of any kind which God has set for man’s goal. What is stated in this first word is that God is both ready and able to forgive anything. In order to comprehend this, we must first understand the meaning of the word “forgiven,” (<em>aphiemi</em>, 863). It means to send away, to remove the sin from the sinner, so that he is free from it in order that the sin can never be found and charged against him before the judgment seat of God. It is not overlooking the sin, <em>paresis</em>(3929), but removing the sin from the sinner, <em>aphesis</em> (859). In this connection see note on Rom. 3:25. Secondly, observe that this verb is in the passive voice, which means any and all sins will be removed by God. God must be understood at the agent who removes the sin from the sinner. This is particularly the function of Jesus Christ who took upon Himself man’s sin. We must remember however, that no personality of the triune God acts independently, but always in complete and united agreement and cooperation with the other personalities of the Trinity. Thus the agent of “shall be forgiven,” (<em>aphethesetai</em>), must be understood to be God in general and Christ in particular. Thirdly, this verb “shall be forgiven” is in the punctiliar future which means that it will be taken away each time that it is necessary to do so, and it will be done repetitively. It indicates that the forgiveness which man experiences from God is available whenever man asks for it in true repentance. The objects of this forgiveness are “the sons of men” (Mk. 3:28), “men” (Mt. 12:31) and “him” (Lk. 12:10).</p>
<p>In Mk. 3:28 we have <em>panta ta hamartemata</em>, “all the sins.” The word for “sins” here is <em>hamartemata</em> (265) and not <em>hamartia</em> as in Mt. 12:31. <em>Hamartema</em> (singular), as all nouns ending in <em>ma</em>, indicates the result of an action. In this instance, <em>hamartemata</em>(plural) indicates sins as individual acts or the bad reputation resulting from them. The comprehensiveness of the forgiveness which God can give to the sinner is made very clear here. Not only all sin (<em>hamartia</em>) or sinfulness in itself, but also the individual acts of sin, as well as their ill repute brought upon the sinner, are removed. This forgiveness, however, we know from other Scriptures is not automatic, but depends on our true repentance. Every sin is forgiven by God consequent to man’s repentance, and man’s repentance is consequent to the activity of the Holy Spirit in a man’s life. If man resists that activity of the Holy Spirit, he will be unconvicted of either his sinfulness in general or his sin in particular and its ill repute; if man is unconvicted by the Holy Spirit, he will not repent. Consequently, God will not remove that sin or its effects.</p>
<p>Mark adds something which the other two evangelists do not in this first statement about God’s readiness and ability to forgive all sin and blasphemy: “Whatever blasphemies they may utter.” More literally this should be translated: “and blasphemies, (the reports that men will give which will hurt God’s reputation among men) whatever these blasphemies may be if they shall blaspheme.” The verb <em>blasphemesosin</em>, “will blaspheme,” is in the punctiliar future which means at one time and not continuously as a perpetual and uninterrupted mode of life. The Lord is here declaring that no matter how careful we are, we can never live in such a perfect way as to always cause others to believe all that they should about our God whom we represent among them. Our actions portray a different God than what our mouths proclaim. Many times we give the wrong impression to others about our Lord whom we profess to follow. These wrong reputations of God, <em>blasphemiai</em>, will be forgiven. We who love Him allow His Holy Spirit to convict us of our shortcomings in adequately representing God among others. As a result of that conviction, there is the removal of the harm which we have done to the testimony of God.</p>
<p>For a more complete understanding of what these blasphemies are which are generally spoken of by Mark, we must go to Mt. 12:32. Jesus said, “And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him.” The Son of Man here is Jesus Christ. In order for a sinner to appropriate Christ he must repent of his sin (Rom. 10:9; Jn 1:12). But, in order that we may be convicted of our sin, it is necessary for us to allow the Holy Spirit to work in us. In other words, any sin that we confess to the Lord Jesus Christ He will forgive, being able and ready to remove it from us. But, if an individual has not been convicted of sin, how can he confess Christ? And this is what makes the next statement of our Lord in Mt. 12:32 understandable: “But whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him.” In Mk. 3:29 is says, “But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness.” And in Lk. 12:10 we read, “But he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him.” The verb in Mt. 12:32 is <em>eipe</em>, the subjunctive aorist of <em>lego</em> (3004), which is, “to say at one particular time with full understanding of what one says.” In Mk. 3:29 it is <em>blasphemese</em> the aorist subjunctive of <em>blasphemeo</em>. In Lk. 12:10 it is <em>blasphemesanti</em>. This is a participial noun in the aorist, meaning the one having blasphemed in the past at one particular time or repetitively. It is used as a supposition, meaning that if at any time in the past he did blaspheme. Both words <em>eipe</em>, “say,” and <em>blasphemesanti</em><em> </em>(being an aorist participle), “having blasphemed,” are indicative of the fact that this saying or blasphemy is a one-time blasphemy either once or on different occasions, and not a continuous life of blasphemy, i.e., constantly attacking the person and work of the Holy Spirit and His reputation among men. This refers first to the resistance against the Holy Spirit for His conviction unto salvation, the initial repentance of man. The declaration is that no one who resists the convicting power of the Holy Spirit can be saved. The secondary meaning is that no one, not even the believer, will be able to escape the consequence of his willful sin (<em>hamartema</em>) if he does not allow the Holy Spirit to convict him of these specific sins, or sinfulness in general, which has hurt God’s reputation among men (Heb. 10:26,27).</p>
<p>As to the relationship of the sin of blasphemy to the Holy Spirit in Mt. 12:32, we have it thus, “But whoever shall speak against (<em>Kata</em>, 2596) the Holy Spirit.” In Mark 3:29 we have, “But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit.” In Greek it does not say “against” but “unto” (<em>eis</em>, 1519), which means “unto or in the face of.” In Lk. 12:10 the same preposition is used. Actually the use of this preposition, <em>eis</em>, makes the blasphemy worse. With <em>kata</em>, “against,” we may understand that the blasphemy is spoken against the Holy Sprit to others, but with the preposition<em>eis</em> we may understand that the blasphemy is hurled directly in the face of the Holy Spirit. It is as if man is defying the Holy Spirit and saying, “There is nothing you can do to divert me from my present sinful course. I am going to have my own way regardless of the shame brought upon the name of Christ.” The remarks of all three evangelists differ in the last statement concerning the impossibility of forgiveness here and in the hereafter in the absence of man’s acknowledgement of his sin, and consequent convicting of the Holy Spirit. Mt. 12:32 says, “It shall not be forgiven him, either in this age, or in the age to come.” The verb<em>ouk aphethesetai</em>, translated “shall not be forgiven,” is in the passive punctiliar future, which means it shall not be forgiven by God, and in particular by Jesus Christ, at any specific time in the future. Matthew says, “shall not be forgiven him,” (<em>auto</em>), meaning, “will not be removed from him.” Put positively, it means it will be counted against him, either in hindering him from entrance into heaven if he only had a false repentance. Mk. 3:29 says, “never has forgiveness.” A more literal translation of the Greek text is, “does not have remission unto the aeon.” Luke simply says, “shall not be forgiven” (<em>ouk aphethesetai</em>). Matthew, however, is the most explicit in saying, “either in this age, or in the age to come.” This is proof that the fate of man as it is determined in this age cannot be altered in the next age. If one does not submit to the convicting power of the Holy Spirit and repent, in the future, God is not going to grant that person exemption from the consequences of his failure to repent during his earthly life. The bed that one makes in his life will be the one he must lie in for eternity!</p>
<p>Only Mark 3:29 has the concluding phrase, “But is guilty of an eternal sin.” The Greek text says, “But guilty is he of eternal judgment.” “Guilty” in Greek is <em>enochos</em> (1777), from the verb<em>enecho</em> and <em>enechomai</em> (1758), “to be held fast, bound, obligated.”</p>
<p>Therefore, <em>enochos</em> means guilty and deserving of the punishment to which he is subject, as also in Mt. 26:66; Mk. 3:29; 14:64. Observe that the verb <em>estin</em> (<em>eimi</em>, 1510) is in the present tense. He is guilty right now, not will be guilty. This guilt is always upon the man who does not recognize the Holy Spirit’s conviction. There is no chance of repenting in the hereafter. If he would recognize it and seek forgiveness here, then he would not be liable at the eternal judgment.</p>
<p>Eternal judgment is based upon the judgment of sin on this earth. In eternity God is going to respect our will which we have exercised in the here and now. If we chose to defy God here and the convicting power of the Holy Spirit, then God is going to defy us in eternity and let us reap the results of the choice which we made. The last phrase of Mk. 3:29 in the Textus Receptus is<em>aionibu kriseos</em>, “eternal judgment or condemnation.” In other manuscripts, instead of <em>kriseos</em>, “judgment,” we have<em>hamartematos</em>, “individual sin or the result of sin,” which agrees with <em>hamartemata</em> in v. 28 in the phrase “all sins…whatever blasphemies.” Both words, <em>krisis</em> and <em>hamartema</em>, would fit perfectly. If it is <em>krisis</em> (2920), it refers to the ultimate judgment of God which means separating or sifting the good from the evil (Mt. 13:41-43; 49-50), but it also includes the punishment for the evil. If we take it as <em>hamartematos</em>, it would refer to the consequence or the result of our unconfessed and unredeemed sin on earth. The adjective <em>aioniou</em> (166) refers to the eternal judgment, that judgment that will have an effect upon us in the future aeon, “generation” or “age.” Since Matthew speaks both of the present generation and the future generation, this must refer to the future generation when we will be judged as to whether we believed on the Lord unto salvation and also for our walk of the life of faith. The phrase <em>aionios krisis</em>, “eternal judgment,” never occurs anywhere else in the N.T. The closest to it we have is in II Thess. 1:9 where it speaks of “everlasting destruction” (<em>olethron</em>, 3639, <em>aioniou</em>); and in Jude 7, “the vengeance of eternal fire,” which in Greek is “of fire,” <em>puros</em> (4442), “eternal,” <em>aioniou</em> in the genitive, “vengeance or judgment,” <em>diken</em> (1349), as a synonym of <em>krisis</em>.</p>
<p>As far as <em>aionion hamartema</em>, “eternal result of sin,” we find it nowhere else in the N.T.</p></blockquote>
<p>This excerpt is taken from John Bunyan’s legendary classic <em>The Pilgrim’s Progress</em>, from the chapter titled <em>The Interpreter</em>:</p>
<blockquote><p>So he took him by the hand again, and led him into a very dark room, where there sat a man in an iron cage.</p>
<p>Now, the man seemed very sad to look on. He sat with his eyes looking down to the ground; his hands folded together; and he sighed as if he would break his heart. Then CHRISTIAN asked, &#8220;What does this mean?&#8221; At which the INTERPRETER bid him talk with the man.</p>
<p><strong>Christian.</strong> Then CHRISTIAN said to the man, &#8220;What are you?&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Backslider.</strong> The man answered, &#8220;I am what I was not once.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Chr.</strong> What were you once?</p>
<p><strong>Back.</strong> The man said, &#8220;I was once a fair and flourishing professor, both in my own eyes and also in the eyes of others: I once was, as I thought, right for the Celestial City, and even had joy at the thought that I should get there.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;But the ones on the rock <em>are those</em> who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.&#8221; Luke 8:13</p>
<p><strong>Chr.</strong> Well, but what are you now?</p>
<p><strong>Back.</strong> I am now a man of despair, and am shut up in it, as in this iron cage. I cannot get out; oh now, I cannot!</p>
<p><strong>Chr.</strong> But how did you come to be in this condition?</p>
<p><strong>Back.</strong> I stopped watching over my soul; I laid the reins upon the neck of my lusts; I sinned against the Light of the World, and the goodness of God. I have grieved the Spirit, and he is gone. I tempted the devil, and he has come to me. I have provoked God to anger, and he has left me. I have so hardened my heart, that I cannot repent.</p>
<p>Then CHRISTIAN asked the INTERPRETER, &#8220;But is there no hope for such a man as this?&#8221; &#8220;Ask him,&#8221; said the INTERPRETER.</p>
<p><strong>Chr.</strong> Then said CHRISTIAN, &#8220;Is there no hope. Must you be kept in the iron cage of despair?&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Back.</strong> No, none at all!</p>
<p><strong>Chr.</strong> Why? The Son of the Blessed is very pitiful.</p>
<p><strong>Back.</strong> I have crucified him to myself afresh;</p>
<p>&#8220;if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put <em>Him</em> to an open shame.&#8221; Hebrews 6:6<br />
I have despised his person;</p>
<p>&#8220;But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this <em>man</em> to reign over us.’&#8221; Luke 19:14<br />
I have despised his righteousness; I have counted his blood an unholy thing; I have done despite to the Spirit of grace:</p>
<p>&#8220;For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?&#8221; Hebrews 10:26-29<br />
Therefore I have shut myself out of all the promises, and there now remains for me nothing but threatenings&#8211;dreadful threatenings &#8211;fearful threatenings, of certain judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour me as an adversary.</p>
<p><strong>Chr.</strong> For what did you bring yourself into this condition?</p>
<p><strong>Back.</strong> For the lusts, pleasures, and profits of this world; in the enjoyment of which I promised myself much delight; but now everyone of those things bites me and gnaws me like a burning worm.</p>
<p><strong>Chr.</strong> But can&#8217;t you not now repent and turn?</p>
<p><strong>Back.</strong> God has denied me repentance. His Word gives me no encouragement to believe: yes, he himself has shut me up in this iron cage; nor can all the men in the world let me out. Oh, eternity! eternity! how shall I grapple with the misery that I must meet with in eternity?</p>
<p><strong>Inter.</strong> Then the INTERPRETER said to CHRISTIAN, &#8220;Let this man&#8217;s misery be remembered by you, and be an everlasting caution to you.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Revelation 21:8 warns us, &#8220;But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.&#8221;</p>
<p>And Ezekiel 33:10-20 informs us concerning death:</p>
<blockquote><p>10 &#8220;Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: ‘Thus you say, &#8220;If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we pine away in them, how can we then live?&#8221;’<br />
11 &#8220;Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord GOD, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’<br />
12 &#8220;Therefore you, O son of man, say to the children of your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that he sins.’<br />
13 &#8220;When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, but he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die.<br />
14  &#8220;Again, when I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right,<br />
15 &#8220;if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.<br />
16 &#8220;None of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done what is lawful and right; he shall surely live.<br />
17  &#8220;Yet the children of your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ But it is their way which is not fair!<br />
18  &#8220;When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.<br />
19  &#8220;But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it.<br />
20 &#8220;Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Finally, 1John 1:7 blesses us with these words, “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.”</p>
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